Security update for glibc

SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc

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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
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* CVE-2012-3405
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* CVE-2012-3406
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* CVE-2012-3480
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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 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