[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0064-1: important: glibc

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openSUSE Security Update: glibc

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0064-1

Rating: important

References: #735850

Cross-References: CVE-2009-5029

Affected Products:

openSUSE 11.4

openSUSE 11.3

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

 

Description:

 

Specially crafted time zone files could cause a heap

overflow in glibc (CVE-2009-5029).

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE 11.4:

 

zypper in -t patch glibc-5554

 

- openSUSE 11.3:

 

zypper in -t patch glibc-5554

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 i686 x86_64):

 

glibc-2.11.3-12.21.1

glibc-devel-2.11.3-12.21.1

 

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

 

glibc-html-2.11.3-12.21.1

glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-12.21.1

glibc-info-2.11.3-12.21.1

glibc-locale-2.11.3-12.21.1

glibc-obsolete-2.11.3-12.21.1

glibc-profile-2.11.3-12.21.1

nscd-2.11.3-12.21.1

 

- openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64):

 

glibc-32bit-2.11.3-12.21.1

glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-12.21.1

glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-12.21.1

glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-12.21.1

 

- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 i686 x86_64):

 

glibc-2.11.2-3.7.1

glibc-devel-2.11.2-3.7.1

 

- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64):

 

glibc-html-2.11.2-3.7.1

glibc-i18ndata-2.11.2-3.7.1

glibc-info-2.11.2-3.7.1

glibc-locale-2.11.2-3.7.1

glibc-obsolete-2.11.2-3.7.1

glibc-profile-2.11.2-3.7.1

nscd-2.11.2-3.7.1

 

- openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64):

 

glibc-32bit-2.11.2-3.7.1

glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.2-3.7.1

glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.2-3.7.1

glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.2-3.7.1

 

 

References:

 

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

https://bugzilla.novell.com/735850

 

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