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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851101
Category:SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:SUSE: Security Advisory for glibc (SUSE-SU-2014:1129-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and two
additional issues:

* bnc#892073: An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer
overflow was found in __gconv_translit_find(). An exploit that
targets the problem is publicly available. (CVE-2014-5119)

* bnc#836746: Avoid race between {, __de}allocate_stack and
__reclaim_stacks during fork.

* bnc#844309: Fixed various overflows, reading large /etc/hosts or
long names. (CVE-2013-4357)

* bnc#894553, bnc#894556: Fixed various crashes on invalid input in
IBM gconv modules. (CVE-2014-6040, CVE-2012-6656)

Affected Software/OS:
glibc on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-6656
BugTraq ID: 69472
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69472
Debian Security Information: DSA-3142 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/29/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/02/1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4357
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00020.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/28/18
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/24/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67992
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-3
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4357
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95103
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4357
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-5119
BugTraq ID: 68983
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68983
BugTraq ID: 69738
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69738
Cisco Security Advisory: 20140910 Cisco Unified Communications Manager glibc Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-5119
Debian Security Information: DSA-3012 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3012
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/69
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.html
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=96
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/1
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1110
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1118
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60345
http://secunia.com/advisories/60358
http://secunia.com/advisories/60441
http://secunia.com/advisories/61074
http://secunia.com/advisories/61093
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2014:1125 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-6040
http://secunia.com/advisories/62100
http://secunia.com/advisories/62146
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2432-1
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