Security update for glibc

SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0033-1
Rating: important
References: #678195 #735850
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

  • An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

    Description:


    The following bug has been fixed:

    * Specially crafted time zone files could cause a heap
    overflow in glibc.

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2009-5029
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    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 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-glibc-5555
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-glibc-5555
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-glibc-5555
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-glibc-5555

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
    • glibc-html-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-info-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 i686 x86_64):
    • glibc-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-devel-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • glibc-html-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-info-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-locale-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-profile-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • nscd-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64):
    • glibc-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-devel-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-html-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-info-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-locale-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-profile-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • nscd-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64):
    • glibc-locale-x86-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-profile-x86-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-x86-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 i686 x86_64):
    • glibc-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-devel-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-locale-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • nscd-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64):
    • glibc-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5029.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/678195
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/735850
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=465d0206a0a64cb1c71ef81d34e113c1