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SUSE-SU-2016:2156-1 Not scored

Security update for glibc

This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - Drop old fix that could break services that start before IPv6 is up. (bsc#931399) - Do not copy d_name field of struct dirent. (CVE-2016-1234, bsc#969727) - Fix memory leak in _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r. (bsc#973010) - Relocate DSOs in dependency order, fixing a potential crash during symbol relocation phase. (bsc#986302) - Fix nscd assertion failure in gc. (bsc#965699) - Fix stack overflow in _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r. (CVE-2016-3075, bsc#973164) - Fix getaddrinfo stack overflow in hostent conversion. (CVE-2016-3706, bsc#980483) - Do not use alloca in clntudp_call. (CVE-2016-4429, bsc#980854)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published August 25, 2016
Required by Not available
Last source change May 2, 2025

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 glibc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 glibc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 glibc

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2016:2156-1

This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - Drop old fix that could break services that start before IPv6 is up. (bsc#931399) - Do not copy d_name field of struct dirent. (CVE-2016-1234, bsc#969727) - Fix memory leak in _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r. (bsc#973010) - Relocate DSOs in dependency order, fixing a potential crash during symbol relocation phase. (bsc#986302) - Fix nscd assertion failure in gc. (bsc#965699) - Fix stack overflow in _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r. (CVE-2016-3075, bsc#973164) - Fix getaddrinfo stack overflow in hostent conversion. (CVE-2016-3706, bsc#980483) - Do not use alloca in clntudp_call. (CVE-2016-4429, bsc#980854)

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05 / REFERENCES

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