Security update for glibc

SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:0920-1
Rating: moderate
References: #882600 #883217
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 one errata is now available.

    Description:


    glibc has been updated to fix one security issue that could have resulted
    in free-after-use situations.

    More information can be found at http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/519


    This security issue has been fixed:

    * posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen fails to copy the path argument
    (CVE-2014-4043)

    Also a regression from a previous update has been fixed:

    * Don't ignore too long lines in nss_files (bnc#883217)

    Security Issues:

    * CVE-2014-4043

    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-9477
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-9477
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-9477
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-glibc-9477

    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-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • glibc-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • nscd-2.11.3-17.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
      • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • nscd-2.11.3-17.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
      • glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 i686 x86_64):
      • glibc-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • nscd-2.11.3-17.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
      • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4043.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/882600
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/883217
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=85b6c311058570298bc3291951b7b4c8