SUSE-SU-2016:1733-1: moderate: Security update for glibc

[sle-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2016:1733-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #967190 #968787 #969727 #973010 #973164 #975930 
                    #980483 #980854 
Cross-References:   CVE-2016-1234 CVE-2016-3075 CVE-2016-3706
                    CVE-2016-4429
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
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   An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has four
   fixes is now available.

Description:


   This update for glibc provides the following fixes:

   - Increase DTV_SURPLUS limit. (bsc#968787)
   - Do not copy d_name field of struct dirent. (CVE-2016-1234, bsc#969727)
   - Fix memory leak in _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r. (bsc#973010)
   - Fix stack overflow in _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r. (CVE-2016-3075,
     bsc#973164)
   - Fix malloc performance regression from SLE 11. (bsc#975930)
   - Fix getaddrinfo stack overflow in hostent conversion. (CVE-2016-3706,
     bsc#980483)
   - Do not use alloca in clntudp_call. (CVE-2016-4429, bsc#980854)
   - Remove mtrace.1, now included in the man-pages package. (bsc#967190)


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 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1021=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1021=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1021=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      glibc-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
      glibc-debugsource-2.19-38.2
      glibc-devel-static-2.19-38.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (noarch):

      glibc-info-2.19-38.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.19-38.2
      glibc-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
      glibc-debugsource-2.19-38.2
      glibc-devel-2.19-38.2
      glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
      glibc-locale-2.19-38.2
      glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
      glibc-profile-2.19-38.2
      nscd-2.19-38.2
      nscd-debuginfo-2.19-38.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (s390x x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.19-38.2
      glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-38.2
      glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-38.2
      glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.19-38.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (noarch):

      glibc-html-2.19-38.2
      glibc-i18ndata-2.19-38.2
      glibc-info-2.19-38.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (noarch):

      glibc-i18ndata-2.19-38.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):

      glibc-2.19-38.2
      glibc-32bit-2.19-38.2
      glibc-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
      glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
      glibc-debugsource-2.19-38.2
      glibc-devel-2.19-38.2
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-38.2
      glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
      glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
      glibc-locale-2.19-38.2
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-38.2
      glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-38.2
      glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-38.2
      nscd-2.19-38.2
      nscd-debuginfo-2.19-38.2


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1234.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3075.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3706.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4429.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/967190
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/968787
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/969727
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/973010
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/973164
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/975930
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/980483
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/980854