openSUSE 13.1 Important: glibc Update Fixes Three Issues
opensuse
September 11, 2014
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.
Description
glibc was updated to fix three security issues:
- A directory traversal in locale environment handling was fixed
(CVE-2014-0475, bnc#887022, GLIBC BZ #17137)
- Disable gconv transliteration module loading which could be used for
code execution (CVE-2014-5119, bnc#892073, GLIBC BZ #17187)
- Fix crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv modules (CVE-2014-6040,
bnc#894553, BZ #17325)
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 13.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-536
- openSUSE 12.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-536
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 i686 x86_64):
glibc-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-debuginfo-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-debugsource-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-devel-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-devel-static-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-extra-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-extra-debuginfo-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-locale-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-profile-2.18-4.21.1
nscd-2.18-4.21.1
nscd-debuginfo-2.18-4.21.1
- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):
glibc-utils-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-utils-debuginfo-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-utils-debugsource-2.18-4.21.1
- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 i686):
glibc-obsolete-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-obsolete-debuginfo-2.18-4.21.1
- openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64):
glibc-32bit-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-devel-32bit-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-devel-static-32bit-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-locale-32bit-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-profile-32bit-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-utils-32bit-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-utils-debuginfo-32bit-2.18-4.21.1
- openSUSE 13.1 (noarch):
glibc-html-2.18-4.21.1
glibc-i18ndat...
Read the Full AdvisoryReferences
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0475.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5119.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6040.html
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:1115-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE 13.1
openSUSE 12.3
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