SUSE SLES11 Security Update : tar (SUSE-SU-2016:2895-1)

This update for tar fixes the following issues : - Fix the POINTYFEATHER vulnerability - GNU tar archiver can be tricked into extracting files and directories in the given destination, regardless of the path names specified on the command line bsc1007188 CVE-2016-6321 Note that Tenable Network...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : sudo (SUSE-SU-2016:2904-1)

This update for sudo fixes the following security issues : - Fix two security vulnerabilities that allowed users to bypass sudo's NOEXEC functionality : - noexec bypass via system and popen CVE-2016-7032, bsc1007766 - noexec bypass via wordexp CVE-2016-7076, bsc1007501 - Fix unsafe handling of TZ...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : util-linux (SUSE-SU-2016:2764-1)

This update for util-linux fixes a number of bugs and one minor security issue. The following minor vulnerability was fixed : - CVE-2016-5011: Infinite loop DoS in libblkid while parsing DOS partition bsc988361 The following bugs were fixed : - bsc987176: When mounting a subfolder of a CIFS share...

openSUSE Security Update : openslp (openSUSE-2016-1262)

This update for openslp fixes two security issues and two bugs. The following vulnerabilities were fixed : - CVE-2016-4912: A remote attacker could have crashed the server with a large number of packages bsc980722 - CVE-2016-7567: A remote attacker could cause a memory corruption having unspecifi...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : bind (SUSE-SU-2016:2697-1)

This update for bind fixes the following issues : - A defect in BIND's handling of responses containing a DNAME answer had the potential to trigger assertion errors in the server remotely, thereby facilitating a denial-of-service attack. CVE-2016-8864, bsc1007829. - Fix BIND to return a valid...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : bind (SUSE-SU-2016:2696-1)

This update for bind fixes the following security issue : - A defect in BIND's handling of responses containing a DNAME answer had the potential to trigger assertion errors in the server remotely, thereby facilitating a denial-of-service attack. CVE-2016-8864, bsc1007829. Note that Tenable Networ...

openSUSE Security Update : dbus-1 (openSUSE-2016-1222)

This update for dbus-1 to version 1.8.22 fixes one security issue and bugs. The following security issue was fixed : - bsc1003898: Do not treat ActivationFailure message received from root-owned systemd name as a format string. The following upstream changes are included : - Change the default...

openSUSE Security Update : libreoffice (openSUSE-2016-1192)

LibreOffice was updated to version 5.1.5.2, bringing enhancements and bug fixes. - CVE-2016-4324: Parsing the Rich Text Format character style index was insufficiently checked for validity. Documents could be constructed which dereference an iterator to the first entry of an empty STL container...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for systemd (openSUSE-SU-2016:2539-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

openSUSE Security Update : systemd (openSUSE-2016-1184)

This update for systemd fixes the following issues : - CVE-2016-7796: A zero-length message received over systemd's notification socket could make managerdispatchnotifyfd return an error and, as a side effect, disable the notification handler completely. As the notification socket is...

openSUSE Security Update : nodejs (openSUSE-2016-1172)

This update brings the new upstream nodejs LTS version 4.6.0, fixing bugs and security issues : - Nodejs embedded openssl version update + upgrade to 1.0.2j CVE-2016-6304, CVE-2016-2183, CVE-2016-2178, CVE-2016-6306, CVE-2016-7052 + remove support for dynamic 3rd party engine modules - http:...

openSUSE Security Update : postgresql94 (openSUSE-2016-1161)

This update for postgresql94 to version 9.4.9 fixes the several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2016-5423: CASE/WHEN with inlining can cause untrusted pointer dereference bsc993454. - CVE-2016-5424: Fix client programs' handling of special characters in database and role names...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : ghostscript-library (SUSE-SU-2016:2493-1)

This update for ghostscript-library fixes the following issues : - Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered where ghostscript's '-dsafer' flag did not provide sufficient protection against unintended access to the file system. Thus, a machine that would process a specially crafted...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : systemd (SUSE-SU-2016:2476-1)

This update for systemd fixes the following security issue : - CVE-2016-7796: A zero-length message received over systemd's notification socket could make managerdispatchnotifyfd return an error and, as a side effect, disable the notification handler completely. As the notification socket is...

SUSE SLED12 Security Update : libreoffice (SUSE-SU-2016:2472-1)

LibreOffice was updated to version 5.1.5.2, bringing enhancements and bug fixes. - CVE-2016-4324: Parsing the Rich Text Format character style index was insufficiently checked for validity. Documents could be constructed which dereference an iterator to the first entry of an empty STL container...

openSUSE Security Update : mariadb (openSUSE-2016-1154)

This update for mariadb to 10.0.27 fixes the following issues : Security issue fixed : - CVE-2016-6662: A malicious user with SQL and filesystem access could create a my.cnf in the datadir and, under certain circumstances, execute arbitrary code as mysql or even root user. bsc998309 - release not...

Security update for mariadb (important)

This update for mariadb to 10.0.27 fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: CVE-2016-6662: A malicious user with SQL and filesystem access could create a my.cnf in the datadir and, under certain circumstances, execute arbitrary code as mysql or even root user. bsc998309 release notes:...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : mariadb (SUSE-SU-2016:2404-1)

This update for mariadb to 1.0.0.27 fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed : - CVE-2016-6662: A malicious user with SQL and filesystem access could create a my.cnf in the datadir and, under certain circumstances, execute arbitrary code as mysql or even root user. bsc998309 - release not...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : bind (SUSE-SU-2016:2399-1)

The nameserver bind was updated to fix a remote denial of service vulnerability, where a crafted packet could cause the nameserver to abort. CVE-2016-2776, bsc1000362 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : mariadb (SUSE-SU-2016:2395-1)

This update for mariadb to 1.0.0.27 fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed : - CVE-2016-6662: A malicious user with SQL and filesystem access could create a my.cnf in the datadir and , under certain circumstances, execute arbitrary code as mysql or even root user. bsc998309 - release...