The following patch fixes
- a heap overflow in giffix
- a memory leak in libgif6
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 13.1:
zypper in -t patch 2016-76=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):
giflib-debugsource-5.0.5-2.3.1
giflib-devel-5.0.5-2.3.1
giflib-progs-5.0.5-2.3.1
giflib-progs-debuginfo-5.0.5-2.3.1
libgif6-5.0.5-2.3.1
libgif6-debuginfo-5.0.5-2.3.1
- openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64):
giflib-devel-32bit-5.0.5-2.3.1
libgif6-32bit-5.0.5-2.3.1
libgif6-debuginfo-32bit-5.0.5-2.3.1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7555.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949160
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=960319
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