SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1125-1 Rating: important References: #888347 #892065 #892073 Cross-References: CVE-2014-5119 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available. Description: This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and two non-security 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#892065: setenv-alloca.patch: Avoid unbound alloca in setenv. * bnc#888347: printf-multibyte-format.patch: Don't parse %s format argument as multi-byte string. Security Issues: * CVE-2014-5119 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5119> 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 SP3: zypper in -t patch sdksp3-glibc-9669 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-9669 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-9669 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch sledsp3-glibc-9669 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64): glibc-html-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-info-2.11.3-17.72.14 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64): glibc-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-html-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-info-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.72.14 nscd-2.11.3-17.72.14 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64): glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): glibc-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.72.14 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): glibc-html-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-info-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.72.14 nscd-2.11.3-17.72.14 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64): glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64): glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.72.14 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 i686 x86_64): glibc-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.72.14 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64): glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.72.14 nscd-2.11.3-17.72.14 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64): glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14 glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5119.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/888347 https://bugzilla.novell.com/892065 https://bugzilla.novell.com/892073 http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b84219db4b55e263e5f4c1589068... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org