SUSE-SU-2014:0920-1: moderate: 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-2014:0920-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #882600 #883217 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-4043
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:


   glibc has been updated to fix one security issue that could have resulted
   in free-after-use situations.

   More information can be found at http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/519
   <http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/519>

   This security issue has been fixed:

       * posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen fails to copy the path argument
         (CVE-2014-4043)

   Also a regression from a previous update has been fixed:

       * Don't ignore too long lines in nss_files (bnc#883217)

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2014-4043
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4043>


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 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-glibc-9477

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-9477

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-9477

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-glibc-9477

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.66.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.66.1
      nscd-2.11.3-17.66.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.66.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.66.1
      nscd-2.11.3-17.66.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):

      glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.66.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 i686 x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.66.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.66.1
      nscd-2.11.3-17.66.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.66.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4043.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/882600
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/883217
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=85b6c311058570298bc3291951b7b4c8