Security update for glibc

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0076-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2014-9984 ( SUSE ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2014-9984 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-1000001 ( 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 two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

  • A privilege escalation bug in the realpath() function has been fixed. [CVE-2018-1000001, bsc#1074293]

  • A buffer manipulation vulnerability in nscd has been fixed that could possibly have lead to an nscd daemon crash or code execution as the user running nscd. [CVE-2014-9984, bsc#1043984]

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 12 LTSS 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-54=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (nosrc ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-2.19-22.24.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-debugsource-2.19-22.24.5
    • nscd-2.19-22.24.5
    • glibc-locale-2.19-22.24.5
    • glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-22.24.5
    • glibc-profile-2.19-22.24.5
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.19-22.24.5
    • glibc-devel-2.19-22.24.5
    • nscd-debuginfo-2.19-22.24.5
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-22.24.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (noarch)
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.19-22.24.5
    • glibc-html-2.19-22.24.5
    • glibc-info-2.19-22.24.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-22.24.5
    • glibc-32bit-2.19-22.24.5
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.19-22.24.5
    • glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.24.5
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.24.5
    • glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.24.5
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-22.24.5

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