SUSE-SU-2015:0551-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:0551-1

    Published: 13 Sept 2013Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for glibc

    Details: 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) * Fix check for XEN build in glibc_post_upgrade that causes missing init re-exec (bnc#818628) * 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). Security Issues: * CVE-2012-4412 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4412> * CVE-2013-0242 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0242> * CVE-2013-1914 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1914> * CVE-2013-4237 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4237> * CVE-2013-4332 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4332> * CVE-2013-4788 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4788>

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20150551-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/684534, https://bugzilla.suse.com/691365, https://bugzilla.suse.com/741345, https://bugzilla.suse.com/743689, https://bugzilla.suse.com/744996, https://bugzilla.suse.com/745658, https://bugzilla.suse.com/746824, https://bugzilla.suse.com/747768, https://bugzilla.suse.com/750741, https://bugzilla.suse.com/760795, https://bugzilla.suse.com/763512, https://bugzilla.suse.com/767266, https://bugzilla.suse.com/770891, https://bugzilla.suse.com/775690, https://bugzilla.suse.com/777233, https://bugzilla.suse.com/779320, https://bugzilla.suse.com/783060, https://bugzilla.suse.com/785041, https://bugzilla.suse.com/791928, https://bugzilla.suse.com/793146, https://bugzilla.suse.com/795129, https://bugzilla.suse.com/801246, https://bugzilla.suse.com/811979, https://bugzilla.suse.com/813121, https://bugzilla.suse.com/818628, https://bugzilla.suse.com/819347, https://bugzilla.suse.com/822210, https://bugzilla.suse.com/827811, https://bugzilla.suse.com/828235, https://bugzilla.suse.com/828637, https://bugzilla.suse.com/830268, https://bugzilla.suse.com/834594, https://bugzilla.suse.com/836746, https://bugzilla.suse.com/839870, https://bugzilla.suse.com/844309, https://bugzilla.suse.com/864081, https://bugzilla.suse.com/882600, https://bugzilla.suse.com/887022, https://bugzilla.suse.com/892073, https://bugzilla.suse.com/894553, https://bugzilla.suse.com/894556, https://bugzilla.suse.com/906371, https://bugzilla.suse.com/909053, https://bugzilla.suse.com/910599, https://bugzilla.suse.com/913646, https://bugzilla.suse.com/915526, https://bugzilla.suse.com/916222, https://bugzilla.suse.com/918233, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0864, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3404, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3405, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3406, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3480, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4412, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6656, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0242, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1914, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4237, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4332, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4357, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4788, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7423, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5119, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6040, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7817, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9402, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0235, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1472

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High