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SUSE: 2017:1760-1 Important: Memory Corruption in Unrar

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Calendar Grey July 3, 2017
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE's latest Security Update fixes a critical unrar utility flaw that risks arbitrary code execution. Users must apply this update promptly to protect systems
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for unrar fixes the following issues: - CVE-2012-6706: decoding malicious RAR files could have lead to memory corruption or code execution. (bsc#1045315). 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 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-unrar-13191=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp3-unrar-13191=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-unrar-13191=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-unrar-13191=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-unrar-13191=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List:

References

#1045315

Cross- CVE-2012-6706

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6706.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1045315

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1760-1
Rating: important

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