SUSE-SU-2014:1119-1: important: Security update for glibc

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:1119-1
Rating:             important
References:         #772242 #779320 #818630 #828235 #828637 #834594 
                    #892073 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-4412 CVE-2013-4237 CVE-2014-5119
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS
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   An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has four
   fixes is now available.

Description:


   This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and the
   following security and non security issues:

       * bnc#892073: An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer
         overflow was found in __gconv_translit_find(). An exploit that
   targets the problem is publicly available. (CVE-2014-5119)
       * bnc#772242: Replace scope handing with master state
       * bnc#779320: Fix buffer overflow in strcoll (CVE-2012-4412)
       * bnc#818630: Fall back to localhost if no nameserver defined
       * bnc#828235: Fix missing character in IBM-943 charset
       * bnc#828637: Fix use of alloca in gaih_inet
       * bnc#834594: Fix readdir_r with long file names (CVE-2013-4237)

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2014-5119
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5119>
       * CVE-2013-4237
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4237>
       * CVE-2012-4412
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4412>



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 i686 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.4-31.111.1
      glibc-devel-2.4-31.111.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.4-31.111.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.4-31.111.1
      glibc-info-2.4-31.111.1
      glibc-locale-2.4-31.111.1
      glibc-profile-2.4-31.111.1
      nscd-2.4-31.111.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (s390x x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.4-31.111.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.4-31.111.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.4-31.111.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.4-31.111.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4412.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4237.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5119.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/772242
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/779320
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/818630
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/828235
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/828637
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/834594
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/892073
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=767429925ce018c15cbe14c33d6a0f11