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

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

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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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75154

File Name: openSUSE-2013-723.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

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