Security update for glibc

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

Description:

This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2018-11236: Fix 32bit arch integer overflow in stdlib/canonicalize.c
when processing very long pathname arguments (bsc#1094161).

Bug fixes:

- bsc#1086690: Fix crash in resolver on memory allocation failure.
- bsc#1077763: Fix allocation in in6ailist_add.
- bsc#1079625: Fix allocation in nss_compat for large number of
memberships to a group.

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 11-SP4:
  zypper in -t patch sdksp4-glibc-13721=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
  zypper in -t patch slessp4-glibc-13721=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:
  zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-13721=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:
  zypper in -t patch sleposp3-glibc-13721=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
  zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-glibc-13721=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:
  zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-glibc-13721=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
  • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
  • glibc-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
  • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • nscd-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
  • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ia64):
  • glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (i586 i686 s390x x86_64):
  • glibc-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):
  • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • nscd-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (s390x x86_64):
  • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (i586 i686):
  • glibc-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (i586):
  • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • nscd-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
  • glibc-debuginfo-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-debugsource-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
  • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ia64):
  • glibc-debuginfo-x86-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (i586 i686 s390x x86_64):
  • glibc-debuginfo-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
  • glibc-debugsource-2.11.3-17.110.14.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (s390x x86_64):
  • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.14.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11236.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077763
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1079625
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086690
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1094161