SUSE-SU-2014:1652-1: moderate: Security update for cpio

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Wed Dec 17 02:04:42 MST 2014


   SUSE Security Update: Security update for cpio
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:1652-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #658010 #907456 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-9112
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:


   This cpio security update fixes the following buffer overflow issue and
   two non security issues:

   - fix an OOB write with cpio -i (bnc#907456) (CVE-2014-9112)
   - prevent cpio from extracting over a symlink (bnc#658010)
   - fix a truncation check in mt


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:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2014-113

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2014-113

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


Package List:

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

      cpio-2.11-29.1
      cpio-debuginfo-2.11-29.1
      cpio-debugsource-2.11-29.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (noarch):

      cpio-lang-2.11-29.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):

      cpio-2.11-29.1
      cpio-debuginfo-2.11-29.1
      cpio-debugsource-2.11-29.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (noarch):

      cpio-lang-2.11-29.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9112.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=658010
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907456



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