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SUSE Linux Enterprise: 2016:1010-1 Important: Mercurial Code Threats

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Calendar Grey April 12, 2016
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SUSE has released a crucial security patch for mercurial that targets significant vulnerabilities and delivers essential corrections. Discover the details of the updates.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

mercurial was updated to fix three security issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2016-3069: Arbitrary code execution when converting Git repos (bsc#973176). - CVE-2016-3068: Arbitrary code execution with Git subrepos (bsc#973177). - CVE-2016-3630: Remote code execution in binary delta decoding (bsc#973175). 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 Software Development Kit 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-596=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-596=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List:

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update code execution security fix important SUSE Linux mercurial

References

#973175 #973176 #973177

Cross- CVE-2016-3068 CVE-2016-3069 CVE-2016-3630

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3068.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3069.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3630.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/973175

https://bugzilla.suse.com/973176

https://bugzilla.suse.com/973177

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1010-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update code execution security fix important SUSE Linux mercurial

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