openSUSE Security Update: glibc
______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2012:0064-1
Rating:             important
References:         #735850 
Cross-References:   CVE-2009-5029
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.4
                    openSUSE 11.3
______________________________________________________________________________

   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   Specially crafted time zone files could cause a heap
   overflow in glibc (CVE-2009-5029).


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 11.4:

      zypper in -t patch glibc-5554

   - openSUSE 11.3:

      zypper in -t patch glibc-5554

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 i686 x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-12.21.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-12.21.1

   - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.3-12.21.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-12.21.1
      glibc-info-2.11.3-12.21.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-12.21.1
      glibc-obsolete-2.11.3-12.21.1
      glibc-profile-2.11.3-12.21.1
      nscd-2.11.3-12.21.1

   - openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-12.21.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-12.21.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-12.21.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-12.21.1

   - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 i686 x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.2-3.7.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.2-3.7.1

   - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.2-3.7.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.2-3.7.1
      glibc-info-2.11.2-3.7.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.2-3.7.1
      glibc-obsolete-2.11.2-3.7.1
      glibc-profile-2.11.2-3.7.1
      nscd-2.11.2-3.7.1

   - openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.2-3.7.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.2-3.7.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.2-3.7.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.2-3.7.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5029.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/735850

openSUSE: 2012:0064-1: important: glibc

January 5, 2012
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

Specially crafted time zone files could cause a heap overflow in glibc (CVE-2009-5029).

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch glibc-5554 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch glibc-5554 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 i686 x86_64): glibc-2.11.3-12.21.1 glibc-devel-2.11.3-12.21.1 - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): glibc-html-2.11.3-12.21.1 glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-12.21.1 glibc-info-2.11.3-12.21.1 glibc-locale-2.11.3-12.21.1 glibc-obsolete-2.11.3-12.21.1 glibc-profile-2.11.3-12.21.1 nscd-2.11.3-12.21.1 - openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64): glibc-32bit-2.11.3-12.21.1 glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-12.21.1 glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-12.21.1 glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-12.21.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 i686 x86_64): glibc-2.11.2-3.7.1 glibc-devel-2.11.2-3.7.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): glibc-html-2.11.2-3.7.1 glibc-i18ndata-2.11.2-3.7.1 glibc-info-2.11.2-3.7.1 glibc-locale-2.11.2-3.7.1 glibc-obsolete-2.11.2-3.7.1 glibc-profile-2.11.2-3.7.1 nscd-2.11.2-3.7.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64): glibc-32bit-2.11.2-3.7.1 glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.2-3.7.1 glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.2-3.7.1 glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.2-3.7.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5029.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/735850


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0064-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 .

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