Security update for glibc

SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1027-1
Rating: moderate
References: #882028 #886416 #887022
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

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

    Description:


    This glibc update contains one security and two non security fixes:

    * bnc#887022: directory traversal in LC_* locale handling
    (CVE-2014-0475)
    * bnc#882028: nscd gets activated upon upgrade
    * bnc#886416: iconv command inserts a extra control code "0F"

    Security Issues:

    * CVE-2014-0475

    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 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-glibc-9587
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-9587
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-9587
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-glibc-9587

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.68.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • glibc-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • nscd-2.11.3-17.68.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
      • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.68.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.68.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • nscd-2.11.3-17.68.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.68.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
      • glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.68.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 i686 x86_64):
      • glibc-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.68.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • nscd-2.11.3-17.68.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
      • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.68.1
      • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.68.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0475.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/882028
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/886416
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/887022
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=ba7c8e7c417922fd7283df2106f9e011