SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1129-1 Rating: important References: #836746 #844309 #892073 #894553 #894556 Cross-References: CVE-2012-6656 CVE-2013-4357 CVE-2014-5119 CVE-2014-6040 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available. Description: This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and two additional issues: * bnc#892073: An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow was found in __gconv_translit_find(). An exploit that targets the problem is publicly available. (CVE-2014-5119) * bnc#836746: Avoid race between {, __de}allocate_stack and __reclaim_stacks during fork. * bnc#844309: Fixed various overflows, reading large /etc/hosts or long names. (CVE-2013-4357) * bnc#894553, bnc#894556: Fixed various crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv modules. (CVE-2014-6040, CVE-2012-6656) Security Issues: * CVE-2012-6656 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6656> * CVE-2013-4357 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4357> * CVE-2014-5119 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5119> * CVE-2014-6040 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6040> 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 Server 11 SP2 LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-9721 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (i586 i686 s390x x86_64): glibc-2.11.3-17.45.53.1 glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.45.53.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64): glibc-html-2.11.3-17.45.53.1 glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.45.53.1 glibc-info-2.11.3-17.45.53.1 glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.45.53.1 glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.45.53.1 nscd-2.11.3-17.45.53.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (s390x x86_64): glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.53.1 glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.53.1 glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.53.1 glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.53.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6656.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4357.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5119.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6040.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/836746 https://bugzilla.novell.com/844309 https://bugzilla.novell.com/892073 https://bugzilla.novell.com/894553 https://bugzilla.novell.com/894556 http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=cd8403453563e9d5a949d2219d62... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org