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SUSE SLES10 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2014:1119-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 83634
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and the following security and non security issues :- bnc#892073: An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow was found in __gconv_translit_find(). An exploit that targets the problem is publicly available.
(CVE-2014-5119)
- bnc#772242: Replace scope handing with master state
- bnc#779320: Fix buffer overflow in strcoll (CVE-2012-4412)
- bnc#818630: Fall back to localhost if no nameserver defined
- bnc#828235: Fix missing character in IBM-943 charset
- bnc#828637: Fix use of alloca in gaih_inet
- bnc#834594: Fix readdir_r with long file names (CVE-2013-4237)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected glibc packagesSee Also
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772242
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=779320
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818630
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=828235
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=828637
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=834594
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892073
http://www.nessus.org/u?2e4ddbfb
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4412/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4237/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 83634
File Name: suse_SU-2014-1119-1.nasl
Version: 2.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/20/2015
Updated: 1/19/2021
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: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-i18ndata, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2013