Security update for glibc

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3830-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-10228 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2016-10228 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

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

Description:

This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

  • libio: do not attempt to free wide buffers of legacy streams (bsc#1183085)
  • CVE-2016-10228: Rewrite iconv option parsing to fix security issue (bsc#1027496)

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-3830=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP2-2021-3830=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-3830=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-2.26-13.62.1
    • nscd-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-locale-base-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.26-13.62.1
    • nscd-debuginfo-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-locale-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-locale-base-debuginfo-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-devel-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-debugsource-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-extra-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-profile-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-extra-debuginfo-2.26-13.62.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-info-2.26-13.62.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • glibc-locale-base-32bit-debuginfo-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-locale-base-32bit-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-32bit-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-32bit-debuginfo-2.26-13.62.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-devel-static-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-utils-debuginfo-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-utils-src-debugsource-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-utils-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-debugsource-2.26-13.62.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2 (nosrc)
    • glibc-utils-src-2.26-13.62.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-debuginfo-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-32bit-debuginfo-2.26-13.62.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • glibc-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-locale-base-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-locale-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-locale-base-debuginfo-2.26-13.62.1
    • glibc-debugsource-2.26-13.62.1

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