SUSE-SU-2014:0896-1: moderate: Security update for GPG2

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for GPG2
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:0896-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #884130 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-4617
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   GPG2 has been updated to fix a possible denial of service.

   This security issue has been fixed:

       * Denial of service through infinite loop with garbled compressed data
         packets (CVE-2014-4617)

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2014-4617
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4617>


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 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-gpg2-9433

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-gpg2-9433

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-gpg2-9433

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      gpg2-2.0.9-25.33.39.1
      gpg2-lang-2.0.9-25.33.39.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      gpg2-2.0.9-25.33.39.1
      gpg2-lang-2.0.9-25.33.39.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      gpg2-2.0.9-25.33.39.1
      gpg2-lang-2.0.9-25.33.39.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4617.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/884130
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=4cf6e7364e26bbcac5f693e6f589a59e