SUSE-SU-2016:0471-1: important: Security update for glibc

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2016:0471-1
Rating:             important
References:         #950944 #955647 #956716 #958315 #961721 #962736 
                    #962737 #962738 #962739 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-9761 CVE-2015-7547 CVE-2015-8776
                    CVE-2015-8777 CVE-2015-8778 CVE-2015-8779
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
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   An update that solves 6 vulnerabilities and has three fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   This update for glibc fixes the following security issues:

   - CVE-2015-7547: A stack-based buffer overflow in getaddrinfo allowed
     remote attackers to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code via crafted
     and timed DNS responses (bsc#961721)
   - CVE-2015-8777: Insufficient checking of LD_POINTER_GUARD environment
     variable allowed local attackers to bypass the pointer guarding
     protection of the dynamic loader on set-user-ID and set-group-ID
     programs (bsc#950944)
   - CVE-2015-8776: Out-of-range time values passed to the strftime function
     may cause it to crash, leading to a denial of service, or potentially
     disclosure information (bsc#962736)
   - CVE-2015-8778: Integer overflow in hcreate and hcreate_r could have
     caused an out-of-bound memory access. leading to application crashes or,
     potentially, arbitrary code execution (bsc#962737)
   - CVE-2014-9761: A stack overflow (unbounded alloca) could have caused
     applications which process long strings with the nan function to crash
     or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (bsc#962738)
   - CVE-2015-8779: A stack overflow (unbounded alloca) in the catopen
     function could have caused applications which pass long strings to the
     catopen function to crash or, potentially execute arbitrary code.
     (bsc#962739)

   The following non-security bugs were fixed:

   - bsc#955647: Resource leak in resolver
   - bsc#956716: Don't do lock elision on an error checking mutex
   - bsc#958315: Reinitialize dl_load_write_lock on fork


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-271=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-271=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-271=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      glibc-debuginfo-2.19-35.1
      glibc-debugsource-2.19-35.1
      glibc-devel-static-2.19-35.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (noarch):

      glibc-info-2.19-35.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.19-35.1
      glibc-debuginfo-2.19-35.1
      glibc-debugsource-2.19-35.1
      glibc-devel-2.19-35.1
      glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-35.1
      glibc-locale-2.19-35.1
      glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-35.1
      glibc-profile-2.19-35.1
      nscd-2.19-35.1
      nscd-debuginfo-2.19-35.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (s390x x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.19-35.1
      glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-35.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-35.1
      glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-35.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-35.1
      glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-35.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.19-35.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (noarch):

      glibc-html-2.19-35.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.19-35.1
      glibc-info-2.19-35.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):

      glibc-2.19-35.1
      glibc-32bit-2.19-35.1
      glibc-debuginfo-2.19-35.1
      glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-35.1
      glibc-debugsource-2.19-35.1
      glibc-devel-2.19-35.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-35.1
      glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-35.1
      glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-35.1
      glibc-locale-2.19-35.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-35.1
      glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-35.1
      glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-35.1
      nscd-2.19-35.1
      nscd-debuginfo-2.19-35.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (noarch):

      glibc-i18ndata-2.19-35.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9761.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7547.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8776.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8777.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8778.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8779.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/950944
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/955647
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/956716
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/958315
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/961721
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/962736
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/962737
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/962738
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/962739



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