Security update for glibc

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1895-2
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-33599 ( SUSE ): 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2024-33600 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-33601 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-33602 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2024-33599: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in netgroup cache in nscd (bsc#1223423)
  • CVE-2024-33600: Avoid null pointer crashes after notfound response in nscd (bsc#1223424)
  • CVE-2024-33600: Do not send missing not-found response in addgetnetgrentX in nscd (bsc#1223424)
  • CVE-2024-33601, CVE-2024-33602: Fixed use of two buffers in addgetnetgrentX ( bsc#1223425)

  • CVE-2024-33602: Use time_t for return type of addgetnetgrentX (bsc#1223425)

  • Avoid creating userspace live patching prologue for _start routine (bsc#1221940)

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 Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2024-1895=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.31-150300.83.1
    • glibc-locale-base-2.31-150300.83.1
    • glibc-locale-base-debuginfo-2.31-150300.83.1
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.31-150300.83.1
    • glibc-devel-2.31-150300.83.1
    • glibc-locale-2.31-150300.83.1
    • glibc-debugsource-2.31-150300.83.1
    • glibc-2.31-150300.83.1

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