SUSE-SU-2016:2211-1: moderate: Security update for cracklib

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for cracklib
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2016:2211-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #928923 #992966 
Cross-References:   CVE-2016-6318
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:


   This update for cracklib fixes a security issue and a bug:

   Security issue fixed:
   - Add patch to fix a stack buffer overflow in GECOS parser (bsc#992966
     CVE-2016-6318)

   The following non security issue was fixed:
   - Call textdomain in cracklib-check main function so that program
     output is translated accordingly. (bsc#928923)


Patch Instructions:

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

   - SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3:

      zypper in -t patch slestso13-cracklib-12726=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp4-cracklib-12726=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch slessp4-cracklib-12726=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-cracklib-12726=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 (x86_64):

      cracklib-dict-small-2.8.12-56.13.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      cracklib-devel-2.8.12-56.13.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      cracklib-2.8.12-56.13.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      cracklib-32bit-2.8.12-56.13.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ia64):

      cracklib-x86-2.8.12-56.13.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      cracklib-debuginfo-2.8.12-56.13.1
      cracklib-debugsource-2.8.12-56.13.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      cracklib-debuginfo-32bit-2.8.12-56.13.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ia64):

      cracklib-debuginfo-x86-2.8.12-56.13.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6318.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/928923
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/992966



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