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openSUSE 13.2: 2015:0807-1 Important: DirectFB Denial Of Service

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.. openSUSE Security Update: Security update for DirectFB ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:0807-1 Rating: important References: #878345 #878349 Cross-References: CVE-2014-2977 CVE-2014-2978 Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 openSUSE 13.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. Description: 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 openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 13.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-340=1 - openSUSE 13.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-340=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64): DirectFB-1.7.5-3.3.1 DirectFB-Mesa-1.7.5-3.3.1 DirectFB-Mesa-debuginfo-1.7.5-3.3.1 DirectFB-debuginfo-1.7.5-3.3.1 DirectFB-debugsource-1.7.5-3.3.1 DirectFB-devel-1.7.5-3.3.1 DirectFB-doc-1.7.5-3.3.1 DirectFB-libSDL-1.7.5-3.3.1 DirectFB-libSDL-debuginfo-1.7.5-3.3.1 DirectFB-libvncclient-1.7.5-3.3.1 DirectFB-libvncclient-debuginfo-1.7.5-3.3.1 lib++dfb-1_7-5-1.7.5-3.3.1 lib++dfb-1_7-5-debuginfo-1.7.5-3.3.1 lib++dfb-devel-1.7.5-3.3.1 libdirectfb-1_7-5-1.7.5-3.3.1 libdirectfb-1_7-5-debuginfo-1.7.5-3.3.1 - openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64): DirectFB-devel-32bit-1.7.5-3.3.1 libdirectfb-1_7-5-32bit-1.7.5-3.3.1 libdirectfb-1_7-5-debuginfo-32bit-1.7.5-3.3.1 - openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64): DirectFB-1.6.3-4.3.1 DirectFB-Mesa-1.6.3-4.3.1 DirectFB-Mesa-debuginfo-1.6.3-4.3.1 DirectFB-debuginfo-1.6.3-4.3.1 DirectFB-debugsource-1.6.3-4.3.1 DirectFB-devel-1.6.3-4.3.1 DirectFB-doc-1.6.3-4.3.1 DirectFB-libSDL-1.6.3-4.3.1 DirectFB-libSDL-debuginfo-1.6.3-4.3.1 DirectFB-libvncclient-1.6.3-4.3.1 DirectFB-libvncclient-debuginfo-1.6.3-4.3.1 libdirectfb-1_6-0-1.6.3-4.3.1 libdirectfb-1_6-0-debuginfo-1.6.3-4.3.1 - openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64): DirectFB-devel-32bit-1.6.3-4.3.1 libdirectfb-1_6-0-32bit-1.6.3-4.3.1 libdirectfb-1_6-0-debuginfo-32bit-1.6.3-4.3.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2977.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2978.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/878345 https://bugzilla.suse.com/878349 -- . A significant patch for openSUSE rectifies multiple security flaws in DirectFB, mitigating risks of possible buffer overflow attacks and system instability.. openSUSE Security Update, DirectFB Denial of Service, Important Patch. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 30, 2015 •Important OpenSUSE