Security update for glibc
SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and the
following security and non-security issues:
* bnc#892073: An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer
overflow was found in __gconv_translit_find(). An exploit that
targets the problem is publicly available. (CVE-2014-5119)
* bnc#882600: Copy filename argument in
posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen. (CVE-2014-4043)
* bnc#860501: Use O_LARGEFILE for utmp file.
* bnc#842291: Fix typo in glibc-2.5-dlopen-lookup-race.diff.
* bnc#839870: Fix integer overflows in malloc. (CVE-2013-4332)
* bnc#834594: Fix readdir_r with long file names. (CVE-2013-4237)
* bnc#824639: Drop lock before calling malloc_printerr.
* bnc#801246: Fix buffer overrun in regexp matcher. (CVE-2013-0242)
* bnc#779320: Fix buffer overflow in strcoll. (CVE-2012-4412)
* bnc#894556 / bnc#894553: Fix crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv
modules. (CVE-2014-6040, CVE-2012-6656, bnc#894553, bnc#894556,
BZ#17325, BZ#14134)
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-5119
* CVE-2014-4043
* CVE-2013-4332
* CVE-2013-4237
* CVE-2013-0242
* CVE-2012-4412
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:1128-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #779320 #801246 #824639 #834594 #839870 #842291 #860501 #882600 #892073 #894553 #894556 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves 6 vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes is now available.
Description:
This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and the
following security and non-security issues:
* bnc#892073: An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer
overflow was found in __gconv_translit_find(). An exploit that
targets the problem is publicly available. (CVE-2014-5119)
* bnc#882600: Copy filename argument in
posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen. (CVE-2014-4043)
* bnc#860501: Use O_LARGEFILE for utmp file.
* bnc#842291: Fix typo in glibc-2.5-dlopen-lookup-race.diff.
* bnc#839870: Fix integer overflows in malloc. (CVE-2013-4332)
* bnc#834594: Fix readdir_r with long file names. (CVE-2013-4237)
* bnc#824639: Drop lock before calling malloc_printerr.
* bnc#801246: Fix buffer overrun in regexp matcher. (CVE-2013-0242)
* bnc#779320: Fix buffer overflow in strcoll. (CVE-2012-4412)
* bnc#894556 / bnc#894553: Fix crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv
modules. (CVE-2014-6040, CVE-2012-6656, bnc#894553, bnc#894556,
BZ#17325, BZ#14134)
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-5119
* CVE-2014-4043
* CVE-2013-4332
* CVE-2013-4237
* CVE-2013-0242
* CVE-2012-4412
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (i586 i686 s390x x86_64):
- glibc-2.4-31.77.112.1
- glibc-devel-2.4-31.77.112.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):
- glibc-html-2.4-31.77.112.1
- glibc-i18ndata-2.4-31.77.112.1
- glibc-info-2.4-31.77.112.1
- glibc-locale-2.4-31.77.112.1
- glibc-profile-2.4-31.77.112.1
- nscd-2.4-31.77.112.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (s390x x86_64):
- glibc-32bit-2.4-31.77.112.1
- glibc-devel-32bit-2.4-31.77.112.1
- glibc-locale-32bit-2.4-31.77.112.1
- glibc-profile-32bit-2.4-31.77.112.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4412.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0242.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4237.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4332.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4043.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5119.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/779320
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/801246
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/824639
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/834594
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/839870
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/842291
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/860501
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/882600
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/892073
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/894553
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/894556
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=190862be14e3ed91b361e0b0a66e292a