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SuSE 11.3 Security Update : glibc (SAT Patch Number 10259)
high Nessus Plugin ID 81295
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Synopsis
The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.Description
glibc has been updated to fix security issues and bugs :- Fix crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv modules.
(CVE-2014-6040 / CVE-2012-6656, bsc#894553, bsc#894556, GLIBC BZ #17325, GLIBC BZ #14134)
- Avoid infinite loop in nss_dns getnetbyname.
(CVE-2014-9402)
- Don't touch user-controlled stdio locks in forked child.
(bsc#864081, GLIBC BZ #12847)
- Unlock mutex before going back to waiting for PI mutexes. (bsc#891843, GLIBC BZ #14417)
- Implement x86 cpuid handling of leaf4 for cache information. (bsc#903288, GLIBC BZ #12587)
- Fix infinite loop in check_pf. (bsc#909053, GLIBC BZ #12926)
Solution
Apply SAT patch number 10259.See Also
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864081
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891843
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894553
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894556
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903288
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909053
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6656.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 81295
File Name: suse_11_glibc-150129.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 2/11/2015
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-i18ndata, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:nscd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-profile-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-locale, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-locale-32bit
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2015