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SUSE: Security Advisory for glibc (SUSE-SU-2014:1129-1)

🗓️ 16 Oct 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. This update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and additional issues

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851101");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-10-16 20:03:09 +0200 (Fri, 16 Oct 2015)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-6656", "CVE-2013-4357", "CVE-2014-5119", "CVE-2014-6040");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-03-31 15:32:00 +0000 (Tue, 31 Mar 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory for glibc (SUSE-SU-2014:1129-1)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and two
  additional 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#836746: Avoid race between {, __de}allocate_stack and
  __reclaim_stacks during fork.

  * bnc#844309: Fixed various overflows, reading large /etc/hosts or
  long names. (CVE-2013-4357)

  * bnc#894553, bnc#894556: Fixed various crashes on invalid input in
  IBM gconv modules. (CVE-2014-6040, CVE-2012-6656)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"glibc on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
  script_xref(name:"SUSE-SU", value:"2014:1129-1");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=SLES11\.0SP2");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "SLES11.0SP2") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc", rpm:"glibc~2.11.3~17.45.53.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-devel", rpm:"glibc-devel~2.11.3~17.45.53.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-html", rpm:"glibc-html~2.11.3~17.45.53.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-i18ndata", rpm:"glibc-i18ndata~2.11.3~17.45.53.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-info", rpm:"glibc-info~2.11.3~17.45.53.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-locale", rpm:"glibc-locale~2.11.3~17.45.53.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-profile", rpm:"glibc-profile~2.11.3~17.45.53.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nscd", rpm:"nscd~2.11.3~17.45.53.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-32bit", rpm:"glibc-32bit~2.11.3~17.45.53.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-devel-32bit", rpm:"glibc-devel-32bit~2.11.3~17.45.53.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-locale-32bit", rpm:"glibc-locale-32bit~2.11.3~17.45.53.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-profile-32bit", rpm:"glibc-profile-32bit~2.11.3~17.45.53.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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