SUSE-SU-2016:1733-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161733-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:1733-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2016:1733-1
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Related
Published
2016-07-04T16:04:14Z
Modified
2026-03-11T06:28:11Z
Summary
Security update for glibc
Details

This update for glibc provides the following fixes:

  • Increase DTV_SURPLUS limit. (bsc#968787)
  • Do not copy d_name field of struct dirent. (CVE-2016-1234, bsc#969727)
  • Fix memory leak in _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r. (bsc#973010)
  • Fix stack overflow in _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r. (CVE-2016-3075, bsc#973164)
  • Fix malloc performance regression from SLE 11. (bsc#975930)
  • Fix getaddrinfo stack overflow in hostent conversion. (CVE-2016-3706, bsc#980483)
  • Do not use alloca in clntudp_call. (CVE-2016-4429, bsc#980854)
  • Remove mtrace.1, now included in the man-pages package. (bsc#967190)
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.19-38.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "glibc":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-32bit":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-devel":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-devel-32bit":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-i18ndata":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-locale":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-locale-32bit":  "2.19-38.2",
            "nscd":  "2.19-38.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:1733-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.19-38.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "glibc":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-32bit":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-devel":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-devel-32bit":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-html":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-i18ndata":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-info":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-locale":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-locale-32bit":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-profile":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-profile-32bit":  "2.19-38.2",
            "nscd":  "2.19-38.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:1733-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.19-38.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "glibc":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-32bit":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-devel":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-devel-32bit":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-html":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-i18ndata":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-info":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-locale":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-locale-32bit":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-profile":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-profile-32bit":  "2.19-38.2",
            "nscd":  "2.19-38.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:1733-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.19-38.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "glibc-devel-static":  "2.19-38.2",
            "glibc-info":  "2.19-38.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:1733-1.json"