{"schema_version":"1.7.3","id":"SUSE-SU-2016:1721-1","published":"2016-06-30T19:23:48Z","modified":"2026-02-04T02:35:49.007333Z","related":["CVE-2016-1234","CVE-2016-3075","CVE-2016-3706","CVE-2016-4429"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-1234","CVE-2016-3075","CVE-2016-3706","CVE-2016-4429"],"summary":"Security update for glibc","details":"\nThis update for glibc provides the following fixes:\n\n- Increase DTV_SURPLUS limit. (bsc#968787)\n- Do not copy d_name field of struct dirent. (CVE-2016-1234, bsc#969727)\n- Fix memory leak in _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r. (bsc#973010)\n- Fix stack overflow in _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r. (CVE-2016-3075, bsc#973164)\n- Fix malloc performance regression from SLE 11. (bsc#975930)\n- Fix getaddrinfo stack overflow in hostent conversion. (CVE-2016-3706, bsc#980483)\n- Do not use alloca in clntudp_call (CVE-2016-4429, bsc#980854)\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"glibc","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.19-22.16.2"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"glibc":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-32bit":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-devel":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-devel-32bit":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-i18ndata":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-locale":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-locale-32bit":"2.19-22.16.2","nscd":"2.19-22.16.2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:1721-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"glibc","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.19-22.16.2"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"glibc-devel-static":"2.19-22.16.2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:1721-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"glibc","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.19-22.16.2"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"glibc":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-32bit":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-devel":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-devel-32bit":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-html":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-i18ndata":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-info":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-locale":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-locale-32bit":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-profile":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-profile-32bit":"2.19-22.16.2","nscd":"2.19-22.16.2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:1721-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"glibc","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.19-22.16.2"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"glibc":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-32bit":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-devel":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-devel-32bit":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-html":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-i18ndata":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-info":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-locale":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-locale-32bit":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-profile":"2.19-22.16.2","glibc-profile-32bit":"2.19-22.16.2","nscd":"2.19-22.16.2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:1721-1.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161721-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/968787"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/969727"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/973010"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/973164"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/975930"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/980483"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/980854"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1234"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3075"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3706"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4429"}]}