SUSE-SU-2015:1637-1: moderate: Security update for coreutils

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for coreutils
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:1637-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #866010 #901905 #907290 #921559 #928749 #930565 
                    #933396 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-4041 CVE-2015-4042
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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   An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes
   is now available.

Description:

   This update for coreutils provides the following fixes:

   - Fix memory handling error with case insensitive sort using UTF-8.
     (CVE-2015-4041, CVE-2015-4042)
   - Ensure "df -a" shows all remote file system entries.
   - Only suppress remote mounts of separate exports with "df --total".
   - Document that "df -a" might list duplicated file systems.
   - Adjust references to info nodes in man pages.


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-12-2015-599=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-599=1

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


Package List:

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

      coreutils-8.22-9.1
      coreutils-debuginfo-8.22-9.1
      coreutils-debugsource-8.22-9.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (noarch):

      coreutils-lang-8.22-9.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):

      coreutils-8.22-9.1
      coreutils-debuginfo-8.22-9.1
      coreutils-debugsource-8.22-9.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (noarch):

      coreutils-lang-8.22-9.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4041.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4042.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/866010
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/901905
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/907290
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/921559
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/928749
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/930565
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/933396