[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2017:1611-1: important: Security update for glibc

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1611-1

Rating: important

References: #1038690 #1039357 #987216

Cross-References: CVE-2017-1000366

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS

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An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes

is now available.

 

Description:

 

This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

 

- CVE-2017-1000366: Fix a potential privilege escalation vulnerability

that allowed unprivileged system users to manipulate the stack of setuid

binaries to gain special privileges. [bsc#1039357]

 

- The incorrectly defined constant O_TMPFILE has been fixed. [bsc#1038690]

 

- A defect in glibc's regression test suite has been remedied to avoid

false positives. [bsc#987216]

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12:

 

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-988=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:

 

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-988=1

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (x86_64):

 

glibc-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-debugsource-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-devel-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-locale-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-profile-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-profile-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

nscd-2.19-22.21.1

nscd-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (noarch):

 

glibc-html-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-i18ndata-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-info-2.19-22.21.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

 

glibc-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-debugsource-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-devel-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-locale-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-locale-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-profile-2.19-22.21.1

nscd-2.19-22.21.1

nscd-debuginfo-2.19-22.21.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (s390x x86_64):

 

glibc-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-devel-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-locale-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-profile-32bit-2.19-22.21.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (noarch):

 

glibc-html-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-i18ndata-2.19-22.21.1

glibc-info-2.19-22.21.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000366.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038690

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1039357

https://bugzilla.suse.com/987216

 

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