SUSE-SU-2017:1611-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:1611-1

    Published: 19 Jun 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for glibc

    Details: This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-1000366: Fix a potential privilege escalation vulnerability that allowed unprivileged system users to manipulate the stack of setuid binaries to gain special privileges. [bsc#1039357] - The incorrectly defined constant O_TMPFILE has been fixed. [bsc#1038690] - A defect in glibc's regression test suite has been remedied to avoid false positives. [bsc#987216]

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171611-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038690, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1039357, https://bugzilla.suse.com/987216, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000366

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: glibc

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.19-22.21.1

    Affected versions

    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
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