[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1387-1: important: Security update for glibc

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openSUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:1387-1

Rating: important

References: #882600

Cross-References: CVE-2014-4043

Affected Products:

openSUSE 13.1

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

 

Description:

 

glibc was updated to fix one security issue.

 

This security issue was fixed:

- CVE-2014-4043: The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function in glibc

did not copy its path argument in accordance with the POSIX

specification, which allowed context-dependent attackers to trigger

use-after-free vulnerabilities (bsc#882600).

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE 13.1:

 

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-544=1

 

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):

 

glibc-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-debuginfo-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-debugsource-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-devel-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-devel-static-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-extra-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-extra-debuginfo-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-locale-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-profile-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-utils-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-utils-debuginfo-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-utils-debugsource-2.18-4.38.2

nscd-2.18-4.38.1

nscd-debuginfo-2.18-4.38.1

 

- openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64):

 

glibc-32bit-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-devel-32bit-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-devel-static-32bit-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-locale-32bit-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-profile-32bit-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-utils-32bit-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-utils-debuginfo-32bit-2.18-4.38.2

 

- openSUSE 13.1 (noarch):

 

glibc-html-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-i18ndata-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-i18ndata-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-info-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-info-2.18-4.38.2

 

- openSUSE 13.1 (i686):

 

glibc-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-debuginfo-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-debugsource-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-devel-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-devel-static-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-extra-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-extra-debuginfo-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-locale-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-obsolete-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-obsolete-debuginfo-2.18-4.38.2

glibc-profile-2.18-4.38.2

nscd-2.18-4.38.2

nscd-debuginfo-2.18-4.38.2

 

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586):

 

glibc-obsolete-2.18-4.38.1

glibc-obsolete-debuginfo-2.18-4.38.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4043.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/882600

 

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