Recommended update for glibc

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for glibc
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0681-1
Rating: important
References: #684534 #750741 #760795 #763512
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has four recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for the GNU Libc library resolves the following
    issues:

    * The system math library (GNU libm) accidentally
    missed two symbols, pow10 and pow10f (which are aliases for
    exp10 and exp10f) on x86_64. Hence, linking programs using
    those functions fails.
    * The function sin(), from the system math library (GNU
    libm), could return a domain error when the argument is a
    small number.
    * On x86, the function pthread_cond_timedwait
    interpreted the timeout parameter as relative time, whereas
    it is supposed to be an absolute time value.
    * In some situations the name resolver sent out AAAA
    (IPv6) queries even though the system doesn't have any IPv6
    interfaces.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-glibc-6352
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-6352
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-6352
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-glibc-6352

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 i686 x86_64):
    • glibc-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • nscd-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
    • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • nscd-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 i686 x86_64):
    • glibc-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • nscd-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.39.1
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.39.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/684534
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/750741
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/760795
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/763512
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=9026e3bd0f5b96cfe56ef91644fc5f91