Security update for glib2

SUSE Security Update: Security update for glib2
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3913-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1107116 #1107121 #1111499
Cross-References: CVE-2018-16428 CVE-2018-16429
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

Description:

This update for glib2 fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2018-16428: Do not do a NULL pointer dereference (crash). Avoid that, at the cost of introducing a new translatable error message (bsc#1107121).
  • CVE-2018-16429: Fixed out-of-bounds read vulnerability ing_markup_parse_context_parse() (bsc#1107116).

Non-security issue fixed:
  • various GVariant parsing issues have been resolved (bsc#1111499)

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 Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-2018-2780=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-2018-2780=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2780=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15 (x86_64):
    • glib2-debugsource-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • glib2-devel-32bit-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • glib2-devel-32bit-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • glib2-tools-32bit-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • glib2-tools-32bit-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgthread-2_0-0-32bit-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgthread-2_0-0-32bit-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • glib2-debugsource-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • glib2-devel-static-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgio-fam-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgio-fam-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15 (noarch):
    • gio-branding-upstream-2.54.3-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • glib2-debugsource-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • glib2-devel-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • glib2-tools-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • glib2-tools-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgio-2_0-0-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgio-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libglib-2_0-0-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libglib-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgmodule-2_0-0-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgmodule-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgobject-2_0-0-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgobject-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgthread-2_0-0-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgthread-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (noarch):
    • glib2-lang-2.54.3-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (x86_64):
    • libgio-2_0-0-32bit-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgio-2_0-0-32bit-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libglib-2_0-0-32bit-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libglib-2_0-0-32bit-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgmodule-2_0-0-32bit-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgmodule-2_0-0-32bit-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgobject-2_0-0-32bit-2.54.3-4.7.1
    • libgobject-2_0-0-32bit-debuginfo-2.54.3-4.7.1

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