Security update for glibc

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:1718-2
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-0687 ( SUSE ): 0.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-0687 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-0687 ( NVD ): 4.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

An update that solves one vulnerability and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2023-0687: Fix allocated buffer overflow in gmon (bsc#1207975)

Other issues fixed:

  • Fix avx2 strncmp offset compare condition check (bsc#1208358)
  • elf: Allow dlopen of filter object to work (bsc#1207571)
  • powerpc: Fix unrecognized instruction errors with recent GCC
  • x86: Cache computation for AMD architecture (bsc#1207957)

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 Micro for Rancher 5.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-1718=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-1718=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-locale-base-debuginfo-2.31-150300.46.1
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.31-150300.46.1
    • glibc-locale-2.31-150300.46.1
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.31-150300.46.1
    • glibc-debugsource-2.31-150300.46.1
    • glibc-locale-base-2.31-150300.46.1
    • glibc-devel-2.31-150300.46.1
    • glibc-2.31-150300.46.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-locale-base-debuginfo-2.31-150300.46.1
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.31-150300.46.1
    • glibc-locale-2.31-150300.46.1
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.31-150300.46.1
    • glibc-debugsource-2.31-150300.46.1
    • glibc-locale-base-2.31-150300.46.1
    • glibc-devel-2.31-150300.46.1
    • glibc-2.31-150300.46.1

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