Security update for glibc

SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1614-1
Rating: important
References: #1038690 #1039357 #986858
Affected Products:
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS
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    An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.

    Description:

    This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

    - CVE-2017-1000366: Fix a potential privilege escalation vulnerability
    that allowed unprivileged system users to manipulate the stack of setuid
    binaries to gain special privileges. [bsc#1039357]

    - The incorrectly defined constant O_TMPFILE has been fixed. [bsc#1038690]

    - An incorrectly specified buffer length in nscd netgroup queries has been
    fixed. [bsc#986858]

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2017-989=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-989=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-989=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (x86_64):
      • glibc-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-debuginfo-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-debugsource-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-devel-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-locale-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-profile-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-profile-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • nscd-2.19-40.6.1
      • nscd-debuginfo-2.19-40.6.1
    • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (noarch):
      • glibc-html-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-info-2.19-40.6.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (ppc64le x86_64):
      • glibc-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-debuginfo-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-debugsource-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-devel-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-locale-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-profile-2.19-40.6.1
      • nscd-2.19-40.6.1
      • nscd-debuginfo-2.19-40.6.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • glibc-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-profile-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (noarch):
      • glibc-html-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-info-2.19-40.6.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-debuginfo-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-debugsource-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-devel-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-locale-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-profile-2.19-40.6.1
      • nscd-2.19-40.6.1
      • nscd-debuginfo-2.19-40.6.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-profile-32bit-2.19-40.6.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (noarch):
      • glibc-html-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.19-40.6.1
      • glibc-info-2.19-40.6.1

    References: