SUSE-SU-2016:1721-1

Advisory lineage Upstream: 4 Downstream: 0
Published: 30 Jun 2016, 19:23
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 02:35

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

30 Jun 2016, 19:23
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 02:35
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Security update for glibc 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)

Affected Systems

  • suse•glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

    < 2.19-22.16.2

  • suse•glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

    < 2.19-22.16.2

  • suse•glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

    < 2.19-22.16.2

  • suse•glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12

    < 2.19-22.16.2

References (12)