Security update for glibc
SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
glibc has been updated to fix one security issue and several bugs:
Security issue fixed:
* Fix crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv modules (CVE-2014-6040,
CVE-2012-6656)
* Fixed a stack overflow during hosts parsing (CVE-2013-4357)
Bugs fixed:
* don't touch user-controlled stdio locks in forked child (bsc#864081,
GLIBC BZ #12847)
* Fix infinite loop in check_pf (bsc#909053, GLIBC BZ #12926)
* Add check for RTLD_DEEPBIND environment variable to disable
deepbinding of NSS modules (bsc#888860)
* Fix infinite loop in check_pf (bsc#909053, GLIBC BZ #12926)
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-6040
* CVE-2012-6656
* CVE-2013-4357
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2015:0164-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #844309 #888860 #894553 #894556 #909053 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.
Description:
glibc has been updated to fix one security issue and several bugs:
Security issue fixed:
* Fix crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv modules (CVE-2014-6040,
CVE-2012-6656)
* Fixed a stack overflow during hosts parsing (CVE-2013-4357)
Bugs fixed:
* don't touch user-controlled stdio locks in forked child (bsc#864081,
GLIBC BZ #12847)
* Fix infinite loop in check_pf (bsc#909053, GLIBC BZ #12926)
* Add check for RTLD_DEEPBIND environment variable to disable
deepbinding of NSS modules (bsc#888860)
* Fix infinite loop in check_pf (bsc#909053, GLIBC BZ #12926)
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-6040
* CVE-2012-6656
* CVE-2013-4357
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 SP1 LTSS:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-glibc-10217
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 i686 s390x x86_64):
- glibc-2.11.1-0.62.1
- glibc-devel-2.11.1-0.62.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):
- glibc-html-2.11.1-0.62.1
- glibc-i18ndata-2.11.1-0.62.1
- glibc-info-2.11.1-0.62.1
- glibc-locale-2.11.1-0.62.1
- glibc-profile-2.11.1-0.62.1
- nscd-2.11.1-0.62.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (s390x x86_64):
- glibc-32bit-2.11.1-0.62.1
- glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.1-0.62.1
- glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1-0.62.1
- glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.1-0.62.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6656.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4357.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6040.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844309
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=888860
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894553
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894556
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909053
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=0d01346ebb9d9e39d1c632f49a85a7ee