SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2018:0076-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1043984 #1074293 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-9984 CVE-2018-1000001
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

   - A privilege escalation bug in the realpath() function has been fixed.
     [CVE-2018-1000001, bsc#1074293]

   - A buffer manipulation vulnerability in nscd has been fixed that could
     possibly have lead to an nscd daemon crash or code execution as the user
     running nscd. [CVE-2014-9984, bsc#1043984]


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 Server 12-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-54=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-debuginfo-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-debugsource-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-devel-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-locale-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-profile-2.19-22.24.5
      nscd-2.19-22.24.5
      nscd-debuginfo-2.19-22.24.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (s390x x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.19-22.24.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (noarch):

      glibc-html-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-i18ndata-2.19-22.24.5
      glibc-info-2.19-22.24.5


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9984.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000001.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1043984
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1074293

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