Security update for glibc

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:0579-2
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-25013 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-25013 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-27618 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2020-27618 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-29562 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-29562 ( NVD ): 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-29573 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-29573 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-3326 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-3326 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE 11-SP4

An update that solves five vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2020-29573: x86: printf was hardened against non-normal long double values (bsc#1179721, BZ #26649)
  • CVE-2021-3326: Fix assertion failure in gconv ISO-2022-JP-3 module (bsc#1181505, BZ #27256)
  • CVE-2019-25013: Fix buffer overrun in EUC-KR conversion module (bsc#1182117, BZ #24973)
  • CVE-2020-27618: Accept redundant shift sequences in IBM1364 iconv (bsc#1178386, BZ #26224)

  • CVE-2020-29562: Fix incorrect UCS4 inner loop bounds in iconv (bsc#1179694, BZ #26923)

  • Schedule nscd cache pruning more accurately from re-added values (bsc#1018158)

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 Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE-2023-579=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE-2023-579=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE 11-SP4 (x86_64)
    • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
    • glibc-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
    • nscd-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
    • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
    • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64)
    • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
    • glibc-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
    • nscd-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
    • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.110.43.1
    • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.110.43.1

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