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SUSE: 2018:1562-2 Critical Fixes for glibc Memory Problems Released

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Calendar Grey October 18, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical SUSE Security Patch for glibc targeting various vulnerabilities and delivering essential corrections.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-18269: Fix SSE2 memmove issue when crossing 2GB boundary (bsc#1094150) - CVE-2018-11236: Fix overflow in path length computation (bsc#1094161) - CVE-2018-11237: Don't write beyond buffer destination in __mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper (bsc#1094154) Non security bugs fixed: - Fix crash in resolver on memory allocation failure (bsc#1086690) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2018-1077=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL (noarch): glibc-html-2.22-62.13.2

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important glibc memory issue SUSE path length

References

#1086690 #1094150 #1094154 #1094161

Cross- CVE-2017-18269 CVE-2018-11236 CVE-2018-11237

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18269.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11236.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11237.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086690

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1094150

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1094154

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1094161

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1562-2
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important glibc memory issue SUSE path length

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