SUSE-SU-2018:0565-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:0565-1

    Published: 28 Feb 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for glibc

    Details: This update for glibc fixes the following issues: Security issues: - CVE-2017-8804: Fix memory leak after deserialization failure in xdr_bytes, xdr_string (bsc#1037930) - CVE-2017-12132: Reduce EDNS payload size to 1200 bytes (bsc#1051791) - CVE-2018-6485,CVE-2018-6551: Fix integer overflows in internal memalign and malloc functions (bsc#1079036) - CVE-2018-1000001: Avoid underflow of malloced area in realpath (bsc#1074293) Also a non security issue was fixed: - Do not fail if one of the two responses to AF_UNSPEC fails (bsc#978209)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180565-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1037930, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1051791, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1074293, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1079036, https://bugzilla.suse.com/978209, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12132, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8804, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000001, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6485, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6551

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: glibc

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.11.3-17.110.6.2

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High