Medium: glibc

Issue Overview:

Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to stack-based buffer overflows, were found in glibc’s functions for converting a string to a numeric representation (strtod(), strtof(), and strtold()). If an application used such a function on attacker controlled input, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-3480)

Affected Packages:

glibc

Issue Correction:
Run yum update glibc to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    glibc-static-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.i686  
    glibc-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.i686  
    glibc-common-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.i686  
    glibc-utils-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.i686  
    glibc-devel-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.i686  
    glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.i686  
    glibc-headers-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.i686  
    nscd-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.i686  
    glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    glibc-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    glibc-utils-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.x86_64  
    nscd-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.x86_64  
    glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.x86_64  
    glibc-common-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.x86_64  
    glibc-static-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.x86_64  
    glibc-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.x86_64  
    glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.x86_64  
    glibc-devel-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.x86_64  
    glibc-headers-2.12-1.80.42.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2012-3480

Mitre: CVE-2012-3480