SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:1128-1
Rating:             important
References:         #779320 #801246 #824639 #834594 #839870 #842291 
                    #860501 #882600 #892073 #894553 #894556 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-4412 CVE-2013-0242 CVE-2013-4237
                    CVE-2013-4332 CVE-2014-4043 CVE-2014-5119
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS
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   An update that solves 6 vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes is
   now available.

Description:


   This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and the
   following security and 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#882600: Copy filename argument in
         posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen. (CVE-2014-4043)
       * bnc#860501: Use O_LARGEFILE for utmp file.
       * bnc#842291: Fix typo in glibc-2.5-dlopen-lookup-race.diff.
       * bnc#839870: Fix integer overflows in malloc. (CVE-2013-4332)
       * bnc#834594: Fix readdir_r with long file names. (CVE-2013-4237)
       * bnc#824639: Drop lock before calling malloc_printerr.
       * bnc#801246: Fix buffer overrun in regexp matcher. (CVE-2013-0242)
       * bnc#779320: Fix buffer overflow in strcoll. (CVE-2012-4412)
       * bnc#894556 / bnc#894553: Fix crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv
         modules. (CVE-2014-6040, CVE-2012-6656, bnc#894553, bnc#894556,
         BZ#17325, BZ#14134)

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2014-5119
         
       * CVE-2014-4043
         
       * CVE-2013-4332
         
       * CVE-2013-4237
         
       * CVE-2013-0242
         
       * CVE-2012-4412
         



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (i586 i686 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.4-31.77.112.1
      glibc-devel-2.4-31.77.112.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.4-31.77.112.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.4-31.77.112.1
      glibc-info-2.4-31.77.112.1
      glibc-locale-2.4-31.77.112.1
      glibc-profile-2.4-31.77.112.1
      nscd-2.4-31.77.112.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (s390x x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.4-31.77.112.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.4-31.77.112.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.4-31.77.112.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.4-31.77.112.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4412.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0242.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4237.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4332.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4043.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5119.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/779320
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/801246
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/824639
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/834594
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/839870
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/842291
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/860501
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/882600
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/892073
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/894553
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/894556
   https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

SuSE: 2014:1128-1: important: glibc

September 15, 2014
An update that solves 6 vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes is An update that solves 6 vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes is An update that solves 6 vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes is now...

Summary

This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and the following security and 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#882600: Copy filename argument in posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen. (CVE-2014-4043) * bnc#860501: Use O_LARGEFILE for utmp file. * bnc#842291: Fix typo in glibc-2.5-dlopen-lookup-race.diff. * bnc#839870: Fix integer overflows in malloc. (CVE-2013-4332) * bnc#834594: Fix readdir_r with long file names. (CVE-2013-4237) * bnc#824639: Drop lock before calling malloc_printerr. * bnc#801246: Fix buffer overrun in regexp matcher. (CVE-2013-0242) * bnc#779320: Fix buffer overflow in strcoll. (CVE-2012-4412) * bnc#894556 / bnc#894553: Fix crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv modu...

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References

#779320 #801246 #824639 #834594 #839870 #842291

#860501 #882600 #892073 #894553 #894556

Cross- CVE-2012-4412 CVE-2013-0242 CVE-2013-4237

CVE-2013-4332 CVE-2014-4043 CVE-2014-5119

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4412.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0242.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4237.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4332.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4043.html

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

https://bugzilla.novell.com/779320

https://bugzilla.novell.com/801246

https://bugzilla.novell.com/824639

https://bugzilla.novell.com/834594

https://bugzilla.novell.com/839870

https://bugzilla.novell.com/842291

https://bugzilla.novell.com/860501

https://bugzilla.novell.com/882600

https://bugzilla.novell.com/892073

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Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1128-1
Rating: important

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