SUSE-SU-2015:0551-1: 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-2015:0551-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #887022 #906371 #910599 #915526 #916222 #918233 
                    
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-7423 CVE-2014-7817 CVE-2014-9402
                    CVE-2015-1472
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS
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   An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has two
   fixes is now available.

Description:


   glibc has been updated to fix four security issues:

       * CVE-2014-0475: Directory traversal in locale environment handling
         (bnc#887022)
       * CVE-2014-7817: wordexp failed to honour WRDE_NOCMD (bsc#906371)
       * CVE-2014-9402: Avoid infinite loop in nss_dns getnetbyname
         (bsc#910599)
       * CVE-2015-1472: Fixed buffer overflow in wscanf (bsc#916222)
       * CVE-2013-7423: getaddrinfo() wrote DNS queries to random file
         descriptors under high load. (bnc#915526)

   This non-security issue was fixed:

       * Fix missing zero termination (bnc#918233)

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2015-1472
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1472>
       * CVE-2013-7423
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7423>
       * CVE-2014-7817
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7817>
       * CVE-2014-9402
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9402>


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=10401

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-glibc=10382

   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-2.11.3-17.45.59.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.45.59.1

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

      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.45.59.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.45.59.1
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.45.59.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.45.59.1
      glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.45.59.1
      nscd-2.11.3-17.45.59.1

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

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.59.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.59.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.59.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.59.1

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

      glibc-2.11.1-0.64.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.1-0.64.1

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

      glibc-html-2.11.1-0.64.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.1-0.64.1
      glibc-info-2.11.1-0.64.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.1-0.64.1
      glibc-profile-2.11.1-0.64.1
      nscd-2.11.1-0.64.1

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

      glibc-32bit-2.11.1-0.64.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.1-0.64.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1-0.64.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.1-0.64.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7423.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7817.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9402.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1472.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/887022
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/906371
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/910599
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/915526
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/916222
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/918233
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=59aada66a6181e4fc79f7233887b7f74
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=68a9641d4061f4e1326d0bdc84774515