Security update for glibc

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2156-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-1234 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-3075 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-3706 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-3706 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-4429 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-4429 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has five security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

  • Drop old fix that could break services that start before IPv6 is up. (bsc#931399)
  • Do not copy d_name field of struct dirent. (CVE-2016-1234, bsc#969727)
  • Fix memory leak in _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r. (bsc#973010)
  • Relocate DSOs in dependency order, fixing a potential crash during symbol relocation phase. (bsc#986302)
  • Fix nscd assertion failure in gc. (bsc#965699)
  • Fix stack overflow in _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r. (CVE-2016-3075, bsc#973164)
  • Fix getaddrinfo stack overflow in hostent conversion. (CVE-2016-3706, bsc#980483)
  • Do not use alloca in clntudp_call. (CVE-2016-4429, bsc#980854)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-glibc-12712=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-glibc-12712=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-glibc-12712=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.102.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64 i686 nosrc)
    • glibc-2.11.3-17.102.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64 i686)
    • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.102.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • nscd-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.102.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ia64)
    • glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.102.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.102.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 nosrc x86_64)
    • glibc-2.11.3-17.102.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • nscd-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.102.1

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