SuSE 11.3 Security Update : glibc (SAT Patch Number 10259)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81295

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

glibc has been updated to fix security issues and bugs :

- Fix crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv modules.
(CVE-2014-6040 / CVE-2012-6656, bsc#894553, bsc#894556, GLIBC BZ #17325, GLIBC BZ #14134)

- Avoid infinite loop in nss_dns getnetbyname.
(CVE-2014-9402)

- Don't touch user-controlled stdio locks in forked child.
(bsc#864081, GLIBC BZ #12847)

- Unlock mutex before going back to waiting for PI mutexes. (bsc#891843, GLIBC BZ #14417)

- Implement x86 cpuid handling of leaf4 for cache information. (bsc#903288, GLIBC BZ #12587)

- Fix infinite loop in check_pf. (bsc#909053, GLIBC BZ #12926)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 10259.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864081

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891843

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894553

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894556

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903288

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909053

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6656.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6040.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9402.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81295

File Name: suse_11_glibc-150129.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/11/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-i18ndata, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-locale-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-profile-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:nscd, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6656, CVE-2014-6040, CVE-2014-9402