Security update for libical
This update for libical fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2016-5824: libical 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ics file. (bsc#986639) - CVE-2016-5827: The icaltime_from_string function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted string to the icalparser_parse_string function. (bsc#986631) - CVE-2016-9584: libical allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and possibly read heap memory via a crafted ics file. (bsc#1015964) Bug fixes: - libical crashes while parsing timezones (bsc#1044995)
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
This update for libical fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2016-5824: libical 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ics file. (bsc#986639) - CVE-2016-5827: The icaltime_from_string function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted string to the icalparser_parse_string function. (bsc#986631) - CVE-2016-9584: libical allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and possibly read heap memory via a crafted ics file. (bsc#1015964) Bug fixes: - libical crashes while parsing timezones (bsc#1044995)
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1015964
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1044995
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/986631
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/986639
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5824
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5827
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9584
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171989-1/