SUSE-SU-2016:3209-1: moderate: Security update for zlib

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for zlib
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2016:3209-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1003577 #1003579 #1003580 #1013882 
Cross-References:   CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841 CVE-2016-9842
                    CVE-2016-9843
Affected Products:
                    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 fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   This update for zlib fixes the following issues:

     * Incompatible declarations for external linkage function deflate
       (bnc#1003577)
     * CVE-2016-9842: Undefined Left Shift of Negative Number (bnc#1003580)
     * CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841: Out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in
       inftrees.c (bnc#1003579)
     * CVE-2016-9843: Big-endian out-of-bounds pointer


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 Software Development Kit 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp4-zlib-12902=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch slessp4-zlib-12902=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-zlib-12902=1

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


Package List:

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

      zlib-devel-1.2.7-0.14.1

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

      zlib-devel-32bit-1.2.7-0.14.1

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

      zlib-1.2.7-0.14.1

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

      zlib-32bit-1.2.7-0.14.1

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

      zlib-x86-1.2.7-0.14.1

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

      zlib-debuginfo-1.2.7-0.14.1
      zlib-debugsource-1.2.7-0.14.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9840.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9841.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9842.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9843.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1003577
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1003579
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1003580
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1013882



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