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SUSE: 2012:0023-1 Important: glibc Heap Overflow Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey January 5, 2012
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Summary

The following bug has been fixed: * Specially crafted time zone files could cause a heap overflow in glibc. Security Issue reference: * CVE-2009-5029 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64): glibc-2.4-31.97.1 glibc-devel-2.4-31.97.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64): glibc-html-2.4-31.97.1 glibc-i18ndata-2.4-31.97.1 glibc-info-2.4-31.97.1 glibc-locale-2.4-31.97.1 glibc-profile-2.4-31.97.1 nscd-2.4-31.97.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64): glibc-32bit-2.4-31.97.1 glibc-devel-32bit-2.4-31.97.1 glibc-locale-32bit-2.4-31.97.1 glibc-profile-32bit-2.4-31.97.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue software update heap overflow glibc SUSE

References

#661460 #735850

Cross- CVE-2009-5029

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

SLE SDK 10 SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5029.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0023-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue software update heap overflow glibc SUSE

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