SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
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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
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   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
         


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:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5119.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/888347
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/892065
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/892073
   https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

SuSE: 2014:1125-1: important: glibc

September 13, 2014
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now...

Summary

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 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 ...

Read the Full Advisory

References

#888347 #892065 #892073

Cross- 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

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5119.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/888347

https://bugzilla.novell.com/892065

https://bugzilla.novell.com/892073

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1125-1
Rating: important

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