SUSE-SU-2018:0076-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:0076-1

    Published: 12 Jan 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for glibc

    Details: This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - A privilege escalation bug in the realpath() function has been fixed. [CVE-2018-1000001, bsc#1074293] - A buffer manipulation vulnerability in nscd has been fixed that could possibly have lead to an nscd daemon crash or code execution as the user running nscd. [CVE-2014-9984, bsc#1043984]

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180076-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1043984, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1074293, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9984, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000001

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: glibc

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSS

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.19-22.24.5

    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