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SUSE: 2021-14822-1 Moderate Security Update for glibc Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey October 4, 2021
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CentOS Security Notice: Addresses multiple vulnerabilities within OpenSSL; medium severity patch released along with guidance for deployment.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-33574: Use __pthread_attr_copy in mq_notify (bsc#1186489) - CVE-2021-35942: wordexp: handle overflow in positional parameter number (bsc#1187911) 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 11-SP4-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp4-glibc-14822=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-glibc-14822=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-glibc-14822=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-glibc-14822=1 Package List:

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue moderate severity threat mitigation SUSE Linux glibc update

References

#1186489 #1187911

Cross- CVE-2021-33574 CVE-2021-35942

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-33574 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-33574 (SUSE): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2021-35942 (SUSE): 5.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33574.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35942.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186489

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187911

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14822-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue moderate severity threat mitigation SUSE Linux glibc update

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