SUSE-SU-2012:1666-1: moderate: Security update for glibc

Tue Dec 18 12:08:48 MST 2012

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:1666-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #750741 #767266 #770891 #775690 #777233 #783060 

Cross-References:   CVE-2012-3404 CVE-2012-3405 CVE-2012-3406
                    CVE-2012-3480
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has two
   fixes is now available.

Description:

   This collective update for the GNU C library (glibc)
   provides the following  fixes:

   * Fix strtod integer/buffer overflows (bnc#775690,
   CVE-2012-3480)
   * Fix vfprintf handling of many format specifiers
   (bnc#770891, CVE-2012-3404, CVE-2012-3405, CVE-2012-3406)
   * Fix pthread_cond_timedwait stack unwinding
   (bnc#750741, bnc#777233)
   * Improve fix for dynamic library unloading (bnc#783060)
   * Fix resolver when first query fails, but second one
   succeeds (bnc#767266).

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2012-3404
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3404
   >
   * CVE-2012-3405
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3405
   >
   * CVE-2012-3406
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3406
   >
   * CVE-2012-3480
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3480
   >

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 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-glibc-7110

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-7110

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-7110

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-glibc-7110

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

Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.43.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 i686 x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.43.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.43.1
      nscd-2.11.3-17.43.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.43.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.43.1
      nscd-2.11.3-17.43.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):

      glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.43.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 i686 x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.43.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.43.1
      nscd-2.11.3-17.43.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.43.1

References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3404.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3405.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3406.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3480.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/750741
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/767266
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/770891
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/775690
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/777233
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/783060
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=9fecd6bf7ccef88c72b5e69256e9ec44