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openSUSE Security Update : glibc (openSUSE-SU-2013:1510-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 75154

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes the following issues in glibc :

 - CVE-2012-4412: glibc: buffer overflow in strcoll

 - CVE-2013-0242: glibc: DoS due to a buffer overrun in regexp matcher by processing multibyte characters

 - CVE-2013-1914: glibc: stack overflow in getaddrinfo() sorting

 - CVE-2013-2207: glibc: pt_chown tricked into granting access to another users pseudo-terminal

 - CVE-2013-4237: glibc: Buffer overwrite - NAME_MAX not enforced by readdir_r()

 - bnc#805054: man 1 locale mentions non-existent file

 - bnc#813306: glibc 2.17 fprintf(stderr, ...) triggers write of undefined values if stderr is closed

 - bnc#819383: pldd a process multiple times can freeze the process

 - bnc#819524: nscd segfault

 - bnc#824046: glibc: blacklist code in bindresvport doesn't release lock, results in double-lock

 - bnc#839870: glibc: three integer overflows in memory allocator

 - ARM: Support loading unmarked objects from cache

Solution

Update the affected glibc packages.

See Also

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

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

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805054

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

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813306

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819383

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819524

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824046

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=830257

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

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

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00072.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75154

File Name: openSUSE-2013-723.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-i18ndata, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-locale-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-profile-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-extra-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-utils-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-obsolete, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-utils-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-obsolete-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-locale-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-utils-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-devel-static-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nscd-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nscd, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-devel-static

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4412, CVE-2013-0242, CVE-2013-1914, CVE-2013-2207, CVE-2013-4237, CVE-2013-4332