[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1128-1: important: Security update for glibc

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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:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4412.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0242.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4237.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4332.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4043.html

http://support.novell.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

http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=190862be14e3ed91b361e0b0a66e292a

 

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