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SUSE: 2021:1165-1 Important: glibc Security Update for System Stability

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Calendar Grey April 13, 2021
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SUSE reveals significant glibc patch focused on resolving severe vulnerabilities, prioritizing operational reliability and protection.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-27618: Accept redundant shift sequences in IBM1364 (bsc#1178386) - CVE-2020-29562: Fix incorrect UCS4 inner loop bounds (bsc#1179694) - CVE-2020-29573: Harden printf against non-normal long double values (bsc#1179721) - Check vector support in memmove ifunc-selector (bsc#1184034) 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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-1165=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-1165=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5:

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Topics Covered

security advisory security patch system update glibc SUSE efficiency fix

References

#1178386 #1179694 #1179721 #1184034

Cross- CVE-2020-27618 CVE-2020-29562 CVE-2020-29573

CVSS scores:

CVE-2020-27618 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2020-27618 (SUSE): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVE-2020-29562 (NVD) : 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2020-29562 (SUSE): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2020-29573 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2020-29573 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1165-1
Rating: important

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