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SUSE Linux: 2015:2174-1 Important: dhcpcd DoS Mitigation

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Calendar Grey December 2, 2015
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Critical SUSE Security Patch for dhcpcd addresses a Denial of Service vulnerability. Apply the update immediately to maintain system security.
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed

Summary

dhcpcd was updated to fix one security issue. This security issue was fixed: - A missing length check in decode_search could have caused DOS (bsc#955762). 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 for VMWare 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch slessp3-dhcpcd-12241=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-dhcpcd-12241=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch slessp3-dhcpcd-12241=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp2-dhcpcd-12241=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch sledsp4-dhcpcd-12241=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sledsp3-dhcpcd-12241=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service SUSE Linux important update dhcpcd patch

References

#955762

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP2

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955762

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2174-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service SUSE Linux important update dhcpcd patch

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