Security update for glibc

SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1619-1
Rating: important
References: #1039357 #1040043
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
  • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7
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    An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata 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]

    - A bug in glibc that could result in deadlocks between malloc() and
    fork() has been fixed. [bsc#1040043]

    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 Software Development Kit 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-990=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-990=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-990=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-990=1
    • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-990=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-debuginfo-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-debugsource-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-devel-static-2.22-61.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • glibc-info-2.22-61.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64):
      • glibc-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-debuginfo-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-debugsource-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-devel-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-locale-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-profile-2.22-61.3
      • nscd-2.22-61.3
      • nscd-debuginfo-2.22-61.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • glibc-html-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-info-2.22-61.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64):
      • glibc-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-debuginfo-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-debugsource-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-devel-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-locale-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-profile-2.22-61.3
      • nscd-2.22-61.3
      • nscd-debuginfo-2.22-61.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • glibc-html-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-info-2.22-61.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • glibc-32bit-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-devel-32bit-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-locale-32bit-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-profile-32bit-2.22-61.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.22-61.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • glibc-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-32bit-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-debuginfo-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-debugsource-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-devel-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-devel-32bit-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-locale-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-locale-32bit-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-61.3
      • nscd-2.22-61.3
      • nscd-debuginfo-2.22-61.3
    • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64):
      • glibc-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-debuginfo-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-debugsource-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-locale-2.22-61.3
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.22-61.3

    References: