Security update for glibc

SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1733-1
Rating: moderate
References: #967190 #968787 #969727 #973010 #973164 #975930 #980483 #980854
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
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    An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has four fixes is now available.

    Description:


    This update for glibc provides the following fixes:

    - Increase DTV_SURPLUS limit. (bsc#968787)
    - Do not copy d_name field of struct dirent. (CVE-2016-1234, bsc#969727)
    - Fix memory leak in _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r. (bsc#973010)
    - Fix stack overflow in _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r. (CVE-2016-3075,
    bsc#973164)
    - Fix malloc performance regression from SLE 11. (bsc#975930)
    - Fix getaddrinfo stack overflow in hostent conversion. (CVE-2016-3706,
    bsc#980483)
    - Do not use alloca in clntudp_call. (CVE-2016-4429, bsc#980854)
    - Remove mtrace.1, now included in the man-pages package. (bsc#967190)

    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 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1021=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1021=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1021=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-debugsource-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-devel-static-2.19-38.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (noarch):
      • glibc-info-2.19-38.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-debugsource-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-devel-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-locale-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-profile-2.19-38.2
      • nscd-2.19-38.2
      • nscd-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-32bit-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-profile-32bit-2.19-38.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (noarch):
      • glibc-html-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-info-2.19-38.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (noarch):
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.19-38.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • glibc-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-32bit-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-debugsource-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-devel-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-locale-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
      • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
      • nscd-2.19-38.2
      • nscd-debuginfo-2.19-38.2

    References: