SuSE 11.3 Security Update : glibc (SAT Patch Number 8337)

High Nessus Plugin ID 71308

Synopsis

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

Description

This update for glibc contains the following fixes :

 - Fix integer overflows in malloc. (CVE-2013-4332, bnc#839870)

 - Fix buffer overflow in glob. (bnc#691365)

 - Fix buffer overflow in strcoll. (CVE-2012-4412, bnc#779320)

 - Update mount flags in <sys/mount.h>. (bnc#791928)

 - Fix buffer overrun in regexp matcher. (CVE-2013-0242, bnc#801246)

 - Fix memory leaks in dlopen. (bnc#811979)

 - Fix stack overflow in getaddrinfo with many results.
 (CVE-2013-1914, bnc#813121)

 - Don't raise UNDERFLOW in tan/tanf for small but normal argument. (bnc#819347)

 - Properly cross page boundary in SSE4.2 implementation of strcmp. (bnc#822210)

 - Fix robust mutex handling after fork. (bnc#827811)

 - Fix missing character in IBM-943 charset. (bnc#828235)

 - Fix use of alloca in gaih_inet. (bnc#828637)

 - Initialize pointer guard also in static executables.
 (CVE-2013-4788, bnc#830268)

 - Fix readdir_r with long file names. (CVE-2013-4237, bnc#834594)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 8337.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691365

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=779320

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791928

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=801246

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811979

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813121

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819347

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822210

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=827811

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=828235

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=828637

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=830268

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=834594

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839870

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4412.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0242.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1914.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4237.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4332.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4788.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 71308

File Name: suse_11_glibc-130917.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2013/12/10

Updated: 2013/12/10

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.5

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

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: 2013/09/17

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4412, CVE-2013-0242, CVE-2013-1914, CVE-2013-4237, CVE-2013-4332, CVE-2013-4788