Security update for glibc

SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2156-1
Rating: moderate
References: #931399 #965699 #969727 #973010 #973164 #973179 #980483 #980854 #986302
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

  • An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes is now available.

    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 Security Update use YaST online_update.
    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
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-glibc-12712=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
      • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.102.1
      • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-2.11.3-17.102.1
      • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.102.1
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.102.1
      • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.102.1
      • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.102.1
      • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.102.1
      • nscd-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.102.1
      • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.102.1
      • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.102.1
      • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ia64):
      • glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.102.1
      • glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.102.1
      • glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-debuginfo-2.11.3-17.102.1
      • glibc-debugsource-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.11.3-17.102.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ia64):
      • glibc-debuginfo-x86-2.11.3-17.102.1

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