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SUSE: 2021:2480-1 Moderate: glibc Handle Overflow Vulnerability Update

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a Security Update addressing vulnerabilities in the glibc library and includes detailed instructions for patching impacted systems effectively.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for glibc fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2021-35942: wordexp: Fixed handle overflow in positional parameter number (bsc#1187911) - CVE-2016-10228: Rewrite iconv option parsing (bsc#1027496) Other fixes: - Fixed race in pthread_mutex_lock while promoting to PTHREAD_MUTEX_ELISION_NP (bsc#1131330) 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 Software Development Kit 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2021-2480=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-2480=1 Package List:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update glibc SUSE Linux Enterprise handle overflow

References

#1027496 #1131330 #1187911

Cross- CVE-2016-10228 CVE-2021-35942

CVSS scores:

CVE-2016-10228 (NVD) : 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2016-10228 (SUSE): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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 Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10228.html

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027496

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1131330

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187911

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2480-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update glibc SUSE Linux Enterprise handle overflow

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