Security update for glibc

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1077-2
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-18269 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2017-18269 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-11236 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-11236 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-11237 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2018-11237 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-11237 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ESPOS 12-SP2

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

Description:

This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-18269: Fix SSE2 memmove issue when crossing 2GB boundary (bsc#1094150)
  • CVE-2018-11236: Fix overflow in path length computation (bsc#1094161)
  • CVE-2018-11237: Don't write beyond buffer destination in __mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper (bsc#1094154)

Non security bugs fixed:

  • Fix crash in resolver on memory allocation failure (bsc#1086690)

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 12 SP2 BCL 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2018-1077=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ESPOS 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-ESPOS-2018-1077=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL 12-SP2 (nosrc x86_64)
    • glibc-2.22-62.13.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL 12-SP2 (x86_64)
    • glibc-32bit-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-devel-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-locale-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-profile-2.22-62.13.2
    • nscd-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.22-62.13.2
    • nscd-debuginfo-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-debugsource-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.22-62.13.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL 12-SP2 (noarch)
    • glibc-info-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-html-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.22-62.13.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ESPOS 12-SP2 (nosrc x86_64)
    • glibc-2.22-62.13.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ESPOS 12-SP2 (x86_64)
    • glibc-32bit-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-devel-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-locale-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-profile-2.22-62.13.2
    • nscd-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.22-62.13.2
    • nscd-debuginfo-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-debugsource-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.22-62.13.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ESPOS 12-SP2 (noarch)
    • glibc-info-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-html-2.22-62.13.2
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.22-62.13.2

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