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openSUSE Leap 42.1: 2016:0803-1 Important cgit Remote Execution

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Calendar Grey March 17, 2016
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This document outlines solutions for two key issues in cgit on openSUSE, detailing patch steps for improved performance and enhanced SSL support
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Description

This update for cgit fixes a buffer overflow issue that had the potential

to be abused for remote execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2016-2315,

CVE-2016-2324, bsc#971328).

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-356=1

- openSUSE 13.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-356=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

cgit-0.12-9.1

cgit-debuginfo-0.12-9.1

cgit-debugsource-0.12-9.1

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

cgit-0.12-13.9.1

cgit-debuginfo-0.12-13.9.1

cgit-debugsource-0.12-13.9.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2315.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2324.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971328

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:0803-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.1 openSUSE 13.2 .

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