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openSUSE 13.2: openSUSE-SU-2016:2617-1 Important: Quagga Issue

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Calendar Grey October 24, 2016
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A crucial update addressing CVE-2016-1245 for Fedora quagga has been issued to enhance security and protect user data
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for quagga fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2016-1245: Fix for a zebra stack overrun in IPv6 RA receive code.

(bsc#1005258).

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Topics Covered

security advisory vulnerability important quagga IPv6 openSUSE stack overrun

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 13.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1225=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

quagga-0.99.23-2.12.1

quagga-debuginfo-0.99.23-2.12.1

quagga-debugsource-0.99.23-2.12.1

quagga-devel-0.99.23-2.12.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1245.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1005258

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2617-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory vulnerability important quagga IPv6 openSUSE stack overrun

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