SUSE 12: SUSE-SU-2015:0839-1 Important: DirectFB Denial of Service Issue
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May 8, 2015
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
DirectFB was updated to fix two security issues. The following vulnerabilities were fixed: * CVE-2014-2977: Multiple integer signedness errors could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the Voodoo interface, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow. * CVE-2014-2978: Remote attackers could cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the Voodoo interface, which triggers an out-of-bounds write. 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 Workstation Extension 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-2015-185=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12:
Topics Covered
References
#878345 #878349
Cross- CVE-2014-2977 CVE-2014-2978
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2977.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2978.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=878345
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=878349
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0839-1
Rating: important
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