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SUSE-SU-2020:0832-1 Not scored

Security update for glibc

This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-1752: Fixed a use after free in glob which could have allowed a local attacker to create a specially crafted path that, when processed by the glob function, could potentially have led to arbitrary code execution (bsc#1167631). - CVE-2020-1751: Fixed an array overflow in backtrace for PowerPC (bsc#1158996). - CVE-2020-10029: Fixed a stack buffer overflow during range reduction (bsc#1165784). - Use 'posix_spawn' on popen preventing crash caused by 'subprocess'. (bsc#1149332, BZ #22834) - Fix handling of needles crossing a page, preventing incorrect results to return during the cross page boundary search. (bsc#1157893, BZ #25226)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published March 31, 2020
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 glibc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 glibc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 glibc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 glibc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 glibc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 glibc

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2020:0832-1

This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-1752: Fixed a use after free in glob which could have allowed a local attacker to create a specially crafted path that, when processed by the glob function, could potentially have led to arbitrary code execution (bsc#1167631). - CVE-2020-1751: Fixed an array overflow in backtrace for PowerPC (bsc#1158996). - CVE-2020-10029: Fixed a stack buffer overflow during range reduction (bsc#1165784). - Use 'posix_spawn' on popen preventing crash caused by 'subprocess'. (bsc#1149332, BZ #22834) - Fix handling of needles crossing a page, preventing incorrect results to return during the cross page boundary search. (bsc#1157893, BZ #25226)

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05 / REFERENCES

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