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SUSE: 2018:1498-1 Moderate: gcc43 Denial of Service Security Risk

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Calendar Grey June 5, 2018
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SUSE Security Patch for gcc43 resolves a flaw in SUSE Software Development Kit and server offerings.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for gcc43 fixes the following issues: This update adds support for "expolines" on s390x, allowing fixing CVE-2017-5715 in a more lightweight fashion. (bsc#1086069) The option flags are the same as for the x86 retpolines. A compiler crash when building userland packages with x86 retpolines was fixed. (bsc#1092807) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch sdksp4-gcc43-13639=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-gcc43-13639=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp3-gcc43-13639=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update server SUSE software development kit gcc43

References

#1086069 #1092807

Cross- CVE-2017-5715

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4

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-2017-5715.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086069

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1092807

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1498-1
Rating: moderate

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security advisory moderate security update server SUSE software development kit gcc43

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