Security update for glibc

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0565-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-12132 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2017-8804 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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
  • CVE-2018-6485 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2018-6485 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-6551 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

Security issues:

  • CVE-2017-8804: Fix memory leak after deserialization failure in xdr_bytes, xdr_string (bsc#1037930)
  • CVE-2017-12132: Reduce EDNS payload size to 1200 bytes (bsc#1051791)
  • CVE-2018-6485,CVE-2018-6551: Fix integer overflows in internal memalign and malloc functions (bsc#1079036)
  • CVE-2018-1000001: Avoid underflow of malloced area in realpath (bsc#1074293)

Also a non security issue was fixed:

  • Do not fail if one of the two responses to AF_UNSPEC fails (bsc#978209)

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 Point of Service 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sleposp3-glibc-13494=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-glibc-13494=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-13494=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-glibc-13494=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-glibc-13494=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (nosrc i686 i586)
    • glibc-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i686 i586)
    • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • nscd-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586 i686 nosrc)
    • glibc-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (x86_64 s390x i686 i586)
    • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586)
    • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • nscd-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64 i686 nosrc)
    • glibc-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64 i686)
    • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • nscd-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ia64)
    • glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 nosrc x86_64)
    • glibc-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-info-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • nscd-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-html-2.11.3-17.110.6.2
    • glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.110.6.2

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