SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:0033-1
Rating:             important
References:         #678195 #735850 
Cross-References:   CVE-2009-5029
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:


   The following bug has been fixed:

   * Specially crafted time zone files could cause a heap
   overflow in glibc.

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2009-5029
   


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 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-glibc-5555

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-glibc-5555

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-glibc-5555

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-glibc-5555

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-info-2.11.1-0.34.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 i686 x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.1-0.34.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-info-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-profile-2.11.1-0.34.1
      nscd-2.11.1-0.34.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.1-0.34.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-info-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-profile-2.11.1-0.34.1
      nscd-2.11.1-0.34.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64):

      glibc-locale-x86-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-profile-x86-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-x86-2.11.1-0.34.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 i686 x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.1-0.34.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.1-0.34.1
      nscd-2.11.1-0.34.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5029.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/678195
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/735850
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login