Security update for glibc

SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1666-1
Rating: moderate
References: #750741 #767266 #770891 #775690 #777233 #783060
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
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    An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.

    Description:


    This collective update for the GNU C library (glibc)
    provides the following fixes:

    * Fix strtod integer/buffer overflows (bnc#775690,
    CVE-2012-3480)
    * Fix vfprintf handling of many format specifiers
    (bnc#770891, CVE-2012-3404, CVE-2012-3405, CVE-2012-3406)
    * Fix pthread_cond_timedwait stack unwinding
    (bnc#750741, bnc#777233)
    * Improve fix for dynamic library unloading (bnc#783060)
    * Fix resolver when first query fails, but second one
    succeeds (bnc#767266).

    Security Issue references:

    * CVE-2012-3404
    >
    * CVE-2012-3405
    >
    * CVE-2012-3406
    >
    * CVE-2012-3480
    >

    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 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-glibc-7110
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-7110
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-7110
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-glibc-7110

    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-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 i686 x86_64):
    • glibc-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • nscd-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
    • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • nscd-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 i686 x86_64):
    • glibc-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • nscd-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3404.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3405.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3406.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3480.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/750741
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/767266
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/770891
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/775690
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/777233
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/783060
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=9fecd6bf7ccef88c72b5e69256e9ec44