SUSE-SU-2015:0167-1: moderate: Security update for glibc

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:0167-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #864081 #882600 #909053 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-6656 CVE-2014-6040
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS
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   An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one
   errata is now available.

Description:


   glibc has been updated to fix a security issue and two bugs:

   Security issue fixed:

       * Copy filename argument in posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen
         (CVE-2014-4043)

   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)

   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>


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 SP2 LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-10220

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (i586 i686 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-17.45.57.6
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.45.57.6

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.45.57.6
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.45.57.6
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.45.57.6
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.45.57.6
      glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.45.57.6
      nscd-2.11.3-17.45.57.6

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (s390x x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.57.6
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.57.6
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.57.6
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.57.6


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6656.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6040.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864081
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882600
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909053
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=880eb49b49e66cc28d6f1daf5ce1ccae