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SUSE: 2020:0668-1 Moderate: glibc Buffer Overflow and Fixes

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Calendar Grey March 13, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE announces a critical security patch for glibc, addressing a significant vulnerability related to memory corruption and potential buffer overflow risks within the impacted components.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-10029: Fixed a potential overflow in on-stack buffer during range reduction (bsc#1165784). - Fixed an issue where pthread were not always locked correctly (bsc#1164505). - Document mprotect and introduce section on memory protection (bsc#1163184). 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 Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2020-668=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1:

References

#1163184 #1164505 #1165784

Cross- CVE-2020-10029

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10029.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1163184

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1164505

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1165784

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0668-1
Rating: moderate

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