SUSE-SU-2016:0173-1: moderate: Security update for rsync

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for rsync
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2016:0173-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #898513 #900914 #915410 #922710 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-8242 CVE-2014-9512
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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   An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   This update for rsync fixes two security issues and two non-security bugs.

   The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

   - CVE-2014-8242: Checksum collisions leading to a denial of service
     (bsc#900914)
   - CVE-2014-9512: Malicious servers could send files outside of the
     transferred directory (bsc#915410)

   The following non-security bugs were fixed:

   - bsc#922710: Prevent rsyncd from spamming the log when trying to register
     SLP.
   - bsc#898513: slp support broke rsync usage.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-113=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-113=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-113=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-113=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      rsync-3.1.0-6.1
      rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
      rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      rsync-3.1.0-6.1
      rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
      rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):

      rsync-3.1.0-6.1
      rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
      rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):

      rsync-3.1.0-6.1
      rsync-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.1
      rsync-debugsource-3.1.0-6.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8242.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9512.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/898513
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/900914
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/915410
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/922710



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