Security update for glibc
SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and the
following security and non security issues:
* bnc#892073: An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer
overflow was found in __gconv_translit_find(). An exploit that
targets the problem is publicly available. (CVE-2014-5119)
* bnc#772242: Replace scope handing with master state
* bnc#779320: Fix buffer overflow in strcoll (CVE-2012-4412)
* bnc#818630: Fall back to localhost if no nameserver defined
* bnc#828235: Fix missing character in IBM-943 charset
* bnc#828637: Fix use of alloca in gaih_inet
* bnc#834594: Fix readdir_r with long file names (CVE-2013-4237)
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-5119
* CVE-2013-4237
* CVE-2012-4412
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:1119-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #772242 #779320 #818630 #828235 #828637 #834594 #892073 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has four fixes is now available.
Description:
This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and the
following security and non security issues:
* bnc#892073: An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer
overflow was found in __gconv_translit_find(). An exploit that
targets the problem is publicly available. (CVE-2014-5119)
* bnc#772242: Replace scope handing with master state
* bnc#779320: Fix buffer overflow in strcoll (CVE-2012-4412)
* bnc#818630: Fall back to localhost if no nameserver defined
* bnc#828235: Fix missing character in IBM-943 charset
* bnc#828637: Fix use of alloca in gaih_inet
* bnc#834594: Fix readdir_r with long file names (CVE-2013-4237)
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-5119
* CVE-2013-4237
* CVE-2012-4412
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 i686 s390x x86_64):
- glibc-2.4-31.111.1
- glibc-devel-2.4-31.111.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):
- glibc-html-2.4-31.111.1
- glibc-i18ndata-2.4-31.111.1
- glibc-info-2.4-31.111.1
- glibc-locale-2.4-31.111.1
- glibc-profile-2.4-31.111.1
- nscd-2.4-31.111.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (s390x x86_64):
- glibc-32bit-2.4-31.111.1
- glibc-devel-32bit-2.4-31.111.1
- glibc-locale-32bit-2.4-31.111.1
- glibc-profile-32bit-2.4-31.111.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4412.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4237.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5119.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/772242
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/779320
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/818630
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/828235
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/828637
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/834594
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/892073
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=767429925ce018c15cbe14c33d6a0f11