Security update for glibc

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1611-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-1000366 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-1000366 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-1000366: Fix a potential privilege escalation vulnerability that allowed unprivileged system users to manipulate the stack of setuid binaries to gain special privileges. [bsc#1039357]

  • The incorrectly defined constant O_TMPFILE has been fixed. [bsc#1038690]

  • A defect in glibc's regression test suite has been remedied to avoid false positives. [bsc#987216]

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-988=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-988=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (nosrc x86_64)
    • glibc-2.19-22.21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • glibc-profile-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-locale-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-debugsource-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-devel-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-32bit-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1
    • nscd-2.19-22.21.1
    • nscd-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (noarch)
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-html-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-info-2.19-22.21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (nosrc ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-2.19-22.21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-profile-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-locale-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-debugsource-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-devel-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1
    • nscd-2.19-22.21.1
    • nscd-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (noarch)
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-html-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-info-2.19-22.21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-32bit-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.21.1
    • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

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