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: |
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
References:
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1234.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3075.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3706.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4429.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/931399
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/965699
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/969727
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/973010
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/973164
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/973179
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/980483
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/980854
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/986302