SUSE-SU-2015:0164-1: moderate: Security update for glibc

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:0164-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #844309 #888860 #894553 #894556 #909053 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-6656 CVE-2013-4357 CVE-2014-6040
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS
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   An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has two
   fixes is now available.

Description:


   glibc has been updated to fix one security issue and several bugs:

   Security issue fixed:

       * Fix crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv modules (CVE-2014-6040,
         CVE-2012-6656)
       * Fixed a stack overflow during hosts parsing (CVE-2013-4357)

   Bugs fixed:

       * don't touch user-controlled stdio locks in forked child (bsc#864081,
         GLIBC BZ #12847)
       * Fix infinite loop in check_pf (bsc#909053, GLIBC BZ #12926)
       * Add check for RTLD_DEEPBIND environment variable to disable
         deepbinding of NSS modules (bsc#888860)
       * Fix infinite loop in check_pf (bsc#909053, GLIBC BZ #12926)

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2014-6040
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6040>
       * CVE-2012-6656
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6656>
       * CVE-2013-4357
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4357>


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 Server 11 SP1 LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-glibc-10217

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 i686 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.1-0.62.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.1-0.62.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.1-0.62.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.1-0.62.1
      glibc-info-2.11.1-0.62.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.1-0.62.1
      glibc-profile-2.11.1-0.62.1
      nscd-2.11.1-0.62.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (s390x x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.1-0.62.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.1-0.62.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1-0.62.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.1-0.62.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6656.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4357.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6040.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844309
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=888860
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894553
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894556
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909053
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=0d01346ebb9d9e39d1c632f49a85a7ee