SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:0158-1
Rating:             critical
References:         #913646 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-0235
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   This update for glibc fixes the following security issue:

   CVE-2015-0235: A vulnerability was found and fixed in the GNU C Library,
   specifically in the function gethostbyname(), that could lead to a local
   or remote buffer overflow. (bsc#913646)

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2015-0235
         


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 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-glibc-10206

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-10206

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-10206

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-10204

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-glibc-10202

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-glibc-10206

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.74.13

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.74.13
      nscd-2.11.3-17.74.13

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.74.13

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.74.13
      nscd-2.11.3-17.74.13

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):

      glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.74.13

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (i586 i686 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-17.45.55.5
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.45.55.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.45.55.5
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.45.55.5
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.45.55.5
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.45.55.5
      glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.45.55.5
      nscd-2.11.3-17.45.55.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (s390x x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.55.5
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.55.5
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.55.5
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.55.5

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

      glibc-2.11.1-0.60.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.1-0.60.1

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

      glibc-html-2.11.1-0.60.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.1-0.60.1
      glibc-info-2.11.1-0.60.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.1-0.60.1
      glibc-profile-2.11.1-0.60.1
      nscd-2.11.1-0.60.1

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

      glibc-32bit-2.11.1-0.60.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.1-0.60.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1-0.60.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.1-0.60.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 i686 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.4-31.113.3
      glibc-devel-2.4-31.113.3

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.4-31.113.3
      glibc-i18ndata-2.4-31.113.3
      glibc-info-2.4-31.113.3
      glibc-locale-2.4-31.113.3
      glibc-profile-2.4-31.113.3
      nscd-2.4-31.113.3

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (s390x x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.4-31.113.3
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.4-31.113.3
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.4-31.113.3
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.4-31.113.3

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 i686 x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.74.13

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.74.13
      nscd-2.11.3-17.74.13

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0235.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=913646
   https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/
   https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/
   https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/
   https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

SuSE: 2015:0158-1: critical: glibc

January 28, 2015
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for glibc fixes the following security issue: CVE-2015-0235: A vulnerability was found and fixed in the GNU C Library, specifically in the function gethostbyname(), that could lead to a local or remote buffer overflow. (bsc#913646) Security Issues: * CVE-2015-0235 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 SP3: zypper in -t patch sdksp3-glibc-10206 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-10206 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-10206 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-10204 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp1-glibc-10202 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch sledsp3-glibc-10206 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64): glibc-html-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-info-2.11.3-17.74.13 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64): glibc-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-html-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-info-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.74.13 nscd-2.11.3-17.74.13 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64): glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): glibc-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.74.13 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): glibc-html-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-info-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.74.13 nscd-2.11.3-17.74.13 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64): glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64): glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.74.13 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (i586 i686 s390x x86_64): glibc-2.11.3-17.45.55.5 glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.45.55.5 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64): glibc-html-2.11.3-17.45.55.5 glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.45.55.5 glibc-info-2.11.3-17.45.55.5 glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.45.55.5 glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.45.55.5 nscd-2.11.3-17.45.55.5 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (s390x x86_64): glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.55.5 glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.55.5 glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.55.5 glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.55.5 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 i686 s390x x86_64): glibc-2.11.1-0.60.1 glibc-devel-2.11.1-0.60.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64): glibc-html-2.11.1-0.60.1 glibc-i18ndata-2.11.1-0.60.1 glibc-info-2.11.1-0.60.1 glibc-locale-2.11.1-0.60.1 glibc-profile-2.11.1-0.60.1 nscd-2.11.1-0.60.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (s390x x86_64): glibc-32bit-2.11.1-0.60.1 glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.1-0.60.1 glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1-0.60.1 glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.1-0.60.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 i686 s390x x86_64): glibc-2.4-31.113.3 glibc-devel-2.4-31.113.3 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64): glibc-html-2.4-31.113.3 glibc-i18ndata-2.4-31.113.3 glibc-info-2.4-31.113.3 glibc-locale-2.4-31.113.3 glibc-profile-2.4-31.113.3 nscd-2.4-31.113.3 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (s390x x86_64): glibc-32bit-2.4-31.113.3 glibc-devel-32bit-2.4-31.113.3 glibc-locale-32bit-2.4-31.113.3 glibc-profile-32bit-2.4-31.113.3 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 i686 x86_64): glibc-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.74.13 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64): glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.74.13 nscd-2.11.3-17.74.13 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64): glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13 glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.74.13

References

#913646

Cross- CVE-2015-0235

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0235.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=913646

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0158-1
Rating: critical

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