Security update for glibc

SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:1716-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1117993 #1132678 #941234
Cross-References:CVE-2015-5180
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.

Description:

This update for glibc fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2015-5180: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference with internal QTYPE (bsc#941234).

Feature work:
  • IBM zSeries arch13 hardware support in glibc added (fate#327072, bsc#1132678)

Other issue addressed:
  • Fixed a concurrency issue with ldconfig (bsc#1117993).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-1716=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1716=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-1716=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-debugsource-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-devel-static-2.22-100.15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 (noarch):
    • glibc-info-2.22-100.15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-debugsource-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-devel-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-locale-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-profile-2.22-100.15.4
    • nscd-2.22-100.15.4
    • nscd-debuginfo-2.22-100.15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-32bit-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.22-100.15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (noarch):
    • glibc-html-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-info-2.22-100.15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 (noarch):
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.22-100.15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 (x86_64):
    • glibc-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-32bit-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-debugsource-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-devel-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-locale-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.22-100.15.4
    • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-100.15.4
    • nscd-2.22-100.15.4
    • nscd-debuginfo-2.22-100.15.4

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