[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0033-1: important: Security update for glibc

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for glibc

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0033-1

Rating: important

References: #678195 #735850

Cross-References: CVE-2009-5029

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata

is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

The following bug has been fixed:

 

* Specially crafted time zone files could cause a heap

overflow in glibc.

 

Security Issue reference:

 

* CVE-2009-5029

 

 

 

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 Software Development Kit 11 SP1:

 

zypper in -t patch sdksp1-glibc-5555

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp1-glibc-5555

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp1-glibc-5555

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

 

zypper in -t patch sledsp1-glibc-5555

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

 

glibc-html-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-info-2.11.1-0.34.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 i686 x86_64):

 

glibc-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-devel-2.11.1-0.34.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

 

glibc-html-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-i18ndata-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-info-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-locale-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-profile-2.11.1-0.34.1

nscd-2.11.1-0.34.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64):

 

glibc-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

glibc-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-devel-2.11.1-0.34.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

glibc-html-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-i18ndata-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-info-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-locale-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-profile-2.11.1-0.34.1

nscd-2.11.1-0.34.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

glibc-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64):

 

glibc-locale-x86-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-profile-x86-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-x86-2.11.1-0.34.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 i686 x86_64):

 

glibc-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-devel-2.11.1-0.34.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

 

glibc-i18ndata-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-locale-2.11.1-0.34.1

nscd-2.11.1-0.34.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64):

 

glibc-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1

glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1-0.34.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5029.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/678195

https://bugzilla.novell.com/735850

http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=465d0206a0a64cb1c71ef81d34e113c1

 

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