Security update for glibc

SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1667-1
Rating: moderate
References: #775690
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
  • SLE SDK 10 SP4
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    An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:


    This update for GNU C library (glibc) fixes multiple
    integer overflows in strtod and related functions.

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2012-3480
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    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-devel-2.4-31.107.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-html-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-info-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-locale-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-profile-2.4-31.107.1
    • nscd-2.4-31.107.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-32bit-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.4-31.107.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):
    • glibc-locale-x86-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-profile-x86-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-x86-2.4-31.107.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):
    • glibc-64bit-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-devel-64bit-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-locale-64bit-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-profile-64bit-2.4-31.107.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 i686 x86_64):
    • glibc-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-devel-2.4-31.107.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
    • glibc-html-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-info-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-locale-2.4-31.107.1
    • nscd-2.4-31.107.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):
    • glibc-32bit-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.4-31.107.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-dceext-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-html-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-profile-2.4-31.107.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):
    • glibc-dceext-32bit-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.4-31.107.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (ia64):
    • glibc-dceext-x86-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-profile-x86-2.4-31.107.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (ppc):
    • glibc-dceext-64bit-2.4-31.107.1
    • glibc-profile-64bit-2.4-31.107.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3480.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/775690
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=2fc8aabbc955d43968edab9c35bd650e