CVE-2014-9761

Upstream information

CVE-2014-9761 at MITRE

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) nan, (2) nanf, or (3) nanl function.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	9.8
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 962738 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 986086 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SU-2016:0470-1, published Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:15:44 +0100 (CET)
• SUSE-SU-2016:0471-1, published Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:22:56 +0100 (CET)
• SUSE-SU-2016:0472-1, published Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:28:46 +0100 (CET)
• SUSE-SU-2016:0473-1, published Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:30:43 +0100 (CET)
• SUSE-SU-2016:0748-1, published Mon, 14 Mar 2016 18:13:37 +0100 (CET)
• SUSE-SU-2016:0778-1, published Tue, 15 Mar 2016 21:11:47 +0100 (CET)
• SUSE-SU-2016:0786-1, published Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:28:52 +0100 (CET)
• TID7017287, published Wed Feb 24 01:09:53 CET 2016
• openSUSE-SU-2016:0490-1, published Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:11:51 +0100 (CET)
• openSUSE-SU-2016:0510-1, published Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:11:49 +0100 (CET)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3	glibc >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-devel >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-locale >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 nscd >= 2.11.3-17.95.2	Patchnames: sledsp3-glibc-12406
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4	glibc >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-devel >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-locale >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 nscd >= 2.11.3-17.95.2	Patchnames: sledsp4-glibc-12406
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	glibc >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-32bit >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-devel >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-locale >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.19-35.1 nscd >= 2.19-35.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-271
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	glibc >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-devel >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-locale >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-49.16 nscd >= 2.22-49.16
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	glibc >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-devel >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-locale >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-61.3 nscd >= 2.22-61.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	glibc >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-devel >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-locale >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-15.3 nscd >= 2.22-15.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12	glibc >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-32bit >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-devel >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-locale >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.19-22.13.1 nscd >= 2.19-22.13.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-272
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	glibc >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-devel >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-html >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-info >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-locale >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-profile >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.22-100.15.4 nscd >= 2.22-100.15.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1	glibc >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-32bit >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-devel >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-extra >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-info >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-locale >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.26-8.21 glibc-locale-base >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-profile >= 2.26-13.19.1 nscd >= 2.26-13.19.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2	glibc >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-32bit >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-devel >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-extra >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-info >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-locale >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.26-8.21 glibc-locale-base >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-locale-base-32bit >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-profile >= 2.26-13.48.1 nscd >= 2.26-13.48.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3	glibc >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-32bit >= 2.31-7.20 glibc-devel >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-extra >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-info >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-lang >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-locale >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.26-13.8.1 glibc-locale-base >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-locale-base-32bit >= 2.31-7.20 glibc-profile >= 2.31-7.30 nscd >= 2.31-7.30
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15	glibc >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-32bit >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-devel >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-extra >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-info >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-locale >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-profile >= 2.26-11.8 nscd >= 2.26-11.8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12	sles11sp4-docker-image >= 1.1.1-20160304104143 sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.1-20160307082632 sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.4-20160308171022	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2016-440 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2016-457 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2016-459
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1	glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.26-8.21 glibc-devel-static >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-utils >= 2.26-13.19.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2	glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-devel-static >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-utils >= 2.26-13.48.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3	glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.31-7.20 glibc-devel-static >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-utils >= 2.31-7.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15	glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-devel-static >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-utils >= 2.26-11.8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS	glibc >= 2.11.3-17.45.66.1 glibc-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.45.66.1 glibc-devel >= 2.11.3-17.45.66.1 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.45.66.1 glibc-html >= 2.11.3-17.45.66.1 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.11.3-17.45.66.1 glibc-info >= 2.11.3-17.45.66.1 glibc-locale >= 2.11.3-17.45.66.1 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.45.66.1 glibc-profile >= 2.11.3-17.45.66.1 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.45.66.1 nscd >= 2.11.3-17.45.66.1	Patchnames: slessp2-glibc-12405
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11 SP3	glibc >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-devel >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-html >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-info >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-locale >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-locale-x86 >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-profile >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-profile-x86 >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-x86 >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 nscd >= 2.11.3-17.95.2	Patchnames: slessp3-glibc-12406
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4	glibc >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-devel >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-html >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-info >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-locale >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-locale-x86 >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-profile >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-profile-x86 >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-x86 >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 nscd >= 2.11.3-17.95.2	Patchnames: slessp4-glibc-12406
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1	glibc >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-32bit >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-devel >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-html >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-info >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-locale >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-profile >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.19-35.1 nscd >= 2.19-35.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-271
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	glibc >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-devel >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-html >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-info >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-locale >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-profile >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.22-49.16 nscd >= 2.22-49.16
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	glibc >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-devel >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-html >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-info >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-locale >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-profile >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.22-61.3 nscd >= 2.22-61.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	glibc >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-devel >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-html >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-info >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-locale >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-profile >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.22-15.3 nscd >= 2.22-15.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12	glibc >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-32bit >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-devel >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-html >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-info >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-locale >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-profile >= 2.19-22.13.1 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.19-22.13.1 nscd >= 2.19-22.13.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-272
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	glibc >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-devel >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-html >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-info >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-locale >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-profile >= 2.22-49.16 nscd >= 2.22-49.16
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3	glibc-html >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-info >= 2.11.3-17.95.2	Patchnames: sdksp3-glibc-12406
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	glibc-html >= 2.11.3-17.95.2 glibc-info >= 2.11.3-17.95.2	Patchnames: sdksp4-glibc-12406
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1	glibc-devel-static >= 2.19-35.1 glibc-info >= 2.19-35.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-271
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	glibc-devel-static >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-info >= 2.22-49.16
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	glibc-devel-static >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-info >= 2.22-61.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	glibc-devel-static >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-info >= 2.22-15.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	glibc-devel-static >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-info >= 2.22-100.15.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12	glibc-devel-static >= 2.19-22.13.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-272
openSUSE Leap 15.0	glibc >= 2.26-lp150.10.13 glibc-32bit >= 2.26-lp150.10.13 glibc-extra >= 2.26-lp150.10.13 glibc-locale >= 2.26-lp150.10.13 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.26-lp150.10.13 nscd >= 2.26-lp150.10.13	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA glibc-2.26-lp150.10.13
openSUSE Tumbleweed	glibc >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-32bit >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-devel >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-devel-static >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-devel-static-32bit >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-extra >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-html >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-info >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-locale >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-obsolete >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-profile >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-utils >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-utils-32bit >= 2.24-2.3 nscd >= 2.24-2.3	Patchnames: openSUSE Tumbleweed GA glibc-2.24-2.3

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First public cloud image revisions this CVE is fixed in:

• alibaba/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729
• alibaba/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827
• amazon/suse-manager-4-2-proxy-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-manager-4-2-server-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-arm64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924-ecs-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924-hvm-ssd-arm64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-hpc-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-sap-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• google/sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729
• google/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827
• google/sles-15-sp3-sap-byos-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-sap-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-sapcal-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-v20210812
• google/suse-manager-4-2-proxy-byos-v20210812
• google/suse-manager-4-2-server-byos-v20210812
• microsoft/suse-manager-4-2-proxy-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-manager-4-2-server-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-basic-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-hpc-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-hpc-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-15-sp3-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-15-sp3-v20210924

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s)	Source package	State
HPE Helion OpenStack 8	glibc	Already fixed
SLES for SAP Applications	glibc	Released
SLES-LTSS-SAP	glibc	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12	sles12-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12	sles12sp1-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3	glibc	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS	glibc	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS	glibc	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS	glibc	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server BCL 12 SP2	glibc	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server BCL 12 SP3	glibc	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	glibc	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1	glibc	Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8	glibc	Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8	glibc	Already fixed