SUSE-SU-2012:1488-1: Security update for glibc

[sle-security-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:1488-1
Rating:             low
References:         #676178 #753756 #760216 #770891 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-1089 CVE-2012-3406
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
                    SLE SDK 10 SP4
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   An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   This collective update to the GNU Lib C library (glibc)
   provides the  following fixes:

   * Make addmntent() return errors also for cached
   streams (bnc#676178, CVE-2011-1089)
   * Fix overflows in vfprintf() (bnc#770891,
   CVE-2012-3406)
   * Fix incomplete results from nscd (bnc#753756)
   * Fix a deadlock in dlsym in case the symbol isn't
   found, for multi-threaded programs (bnc #760216).

   Security Issues:

   * CVE-2011-1089
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1089
   >
   * CVE-2012-3406
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3406
   >

Contraindications:




Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-devel-2.4-31.103.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-info-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-locale-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-profile-2.4-31.103.1
      nscd-2.4-31.103.1

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

      glibc-32bit-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.4-31.103.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):

      glibc-locale-x86-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-profile-x86-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-x86-2.4-31.103.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):

      glibc-64bit-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-devel-64bit-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-locale-64bit-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-profile-64bit-2.4-31.103.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 i686 x86_64):

      glibc-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-devel-2.4-31.103.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-info-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-locale-2.4-31.103.1
      nscd-2.4-31.103.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.4-31.103.1

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      glibc-dceext-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-html-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-profile-2.4-31.103.1

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):

      glibc-dceext-32bit-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.4-31.103.1

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (ia64):

      glibc-dceext-x86-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-profile-x86-2.4-31.103.1

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (ppc):

      glibc-dceext-64bit-2.4-31.103.1
      glibc-profile-64bit-2.4-31.103.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1089.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3406.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/676178
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/753756
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/760216
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/770891
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=ae7b2bb12ddda522987dc10489bcbf1f