Security update for glibc

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2016:1733-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#967190 bsc#968787 bsc#969727 bsc#973010 bsc#973164 bsc#975930 bsc#980483 bsc#980854
Cross-References:	CVE-2016-1234 CVE-2016-3075 CVE-2016-3706 CVE-2016-4429
CVSS scores:	CVE-2016-1234 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2016-3075 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2016-3706 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2016-3706 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2016-4429 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2016-4429 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1

An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has four security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for glibc provides the following fixes:

• Increase DTV_SURPLUS limit. (bsc#968787)
• Do not copy d_name field of struct dirent. (CVE-2016-1234, bsc#969727)
• Fix memory leak in _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r. (bsc#973010)
• Fix stack overflow in _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r. (CVE-2016-3075, bsc#973164)
• Fix malloc performance regression from SLE 11. (bsc#975930)
• Fix getaddrinfo stack overflow in hostent conversion. (CVE-2016-3706, bsc#980483)
• Do not use alloca in clntudp_call. (CVE-2016-4429, bsc#980854)
• Remove mtrace.1, now included in the man-pages package. (bsc#967190)

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 Desktop 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1021=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1021=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1021=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1021=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (nosrc x86_64)
  • glibc-2.19-38.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
  • nscd-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-debugsource-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-devel-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-locale-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • nscd-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (noarch)
  • glibc-i18ndata-2.19-38.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • glibc-devel-static-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-debugsource-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (noarch)
  • glibc-info-2.19-38.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (nosrc ppc64le x86_64)
  • glibc-2.19-38.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • nscd-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-debugsource-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-devel-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-locale-2.19-38.2
  • nscd-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-profile-2.19-38.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (noarch)
  • glibc-info-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-html-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-i18ndata-2.19-38.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
  • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-profile-32bit-2.19-38.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (nosrc ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • glibc-2.19-38.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • nscd-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-debugsource-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-devel-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-locale-2.19-38.2
  • nscd-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-profile-2.19-38.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (noarch)
  • glibc-info-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-html-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-i18ndata-2.19-38.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (s390x x86_64)
  • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-38.2
  • glibc-profile-32bit-2.19-38.2

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1234.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3075.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3706.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4429.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967190
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968787
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969727
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=973010
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=973164
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975930
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=980483
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=980854