Security update for glibc
SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and two
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#892065: setenv-alloca.patch: Avoid unbound alloca in setenv.
* bnc#888347: printf-multibyte-format.patch: Don't parse %s format
argument as multi-byte string.
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-5119
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:1125-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #888347 #892065 #892073 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.
Description:
This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and two
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#892065: setenv-alloca.patch: Avoid unbound alloca in setenv.
* bnc#888347: printf-multibyte-format.patch: Don't parse %s format
argument as multi-byte string.
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-5119
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-9669 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-9669 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-9669 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-glibc-9669
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-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-info-2.11.3-17.72.14
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- glibc-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-html-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-info-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.72.14
- nscd-2.11.3-17.72.14
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
- glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- glibc-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.72.14
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- glibc-html-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-info-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.72.14
- nscd-2.11.3-17.72.14
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
- glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.72.14
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 i686 x86_64):
- glibc-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.72.14
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.72.14
- nscd-2.11.3-17.72.14
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
- glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
- glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5119.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/888347
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/892065
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/892073
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b84219db4b55e263e5f4c158906891f0