SUSE-SU-2014:1125-1: important: 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-2014:1125-1
Rating:             important
References:         #888347 #892065 #892073 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-5119
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 two fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and two
   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#892065: setenv-alloca.patch: Avoid unbound alloca in setenv.
       * bnc#888347: printf-multibyte-format.patch: Don't parse %s format
         argument as multi-byte string.

   Security Issues:

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


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-9669

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-9669

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-9669

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-glibc-9669

   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-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.72.14

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

      glibc-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.72.14
      nscd-2.11.3-17.72.14

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

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14

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

      glibc-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.72.14

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

      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.72.14
      nscd-2.11.3-17.72.14

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

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):

      glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.72.14

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

      glibc-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.72.14

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

      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.72.14
      nscd-2.11.3-17.72.14

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.72.14


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5119.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/888347
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/892065
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/892073
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b84219db4b55e263e5f4c158906891f0