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SUSE-SU-2017:1619-1 Not scored

Security update for glibc

This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-1000366: Fix a potential privilege escalation vulnerability that allowed unprivileged system users to manipulate the stack of setuid binaries to gain special privileges. [bsc#1039357] - A bug in glibc that could result in deadlocks between malloc() and fork() has been fixed. [bsc#1040043]

Exploit probability Not scored
Published June 19, 2017
Required by Not available
Last source change May 2, 2025

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 glibc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 glibc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 glibc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 glibc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 glibc

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2017:1619-1

This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-1000366: Fix a potential privilege escalation vulnerability that allowed unprivileged system users to manipulate the stack of setuid binaries to gain special privileges. [bsc#1039357] - A bug in glibc that could result in deadlocks between malloc() and fork() has been fixed. [bsc#1040043]

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence