openSUSE Evergreen 11.4: 2016:0511-2 Urgent: libxml2 Denial of Service
opensuse
February 19, 2016
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Description
This update for glibc fixes the following security issues:
* fix stack overflow in the glibc libresolv DNS resolver function
getaddrinfo(), known as CVE-2015-7547. It is a client side
networked/remote vulnerability.
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Evergreen 11.4:
zypper in -t patch 2016-234=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 (i586 x86_64):
glibc-2.11.3-69.2
glibc-debuginfo-2.11.3-69.2
glibc-debugsource-2.11.3-69.2
glibc-devel-2.11.3-69.2
glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.11.3-69.2
glibc-html-2.11.3-69.2
glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-69.2
glibc-info-2.11.3-69.2
glibc-locale-2.11.3-69.2
glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.11.3-69.2
glibc-obsolete-2.11.3-69.2
glibc-profile-2.11.3-69.2
nscd-2.11.3-69.2
nscd-debuginfo-2.11.3-69.2
- openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 (x86_64):
glibc-32bit-2.11.3-69.1
glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.11.3-69.1
glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-69.1
glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.11.3-69.1
glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-69.1
glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.11.3-69.1
glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-69.1
- openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 (ia64):
glibc-debuginfo-x86-2.11.3-69.1
glibc-devel-debuginfo-x86-2.11.3-69.1
glibc-locale-debuginfo-x86-2.11.3-69.1
glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-69.1
glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-69.1
glibc-x86-2.11.3-69.1
- openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 (i686):
glibc-2.11.3-69.1
glibc-debuginfo-2.11.3-69.1
glibc-debugsource-2.11.3-69.1
glibc-devel-2.11.3-69.1
glib...
Read the Full AdvisoryReferences
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7547.html
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:0511-1
Rating: critical
Affected Products:
openSUSE Evergreen 11.4
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Topics Covered
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