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HistoryDec 03, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities

2013-12-0300:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
24

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.019 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.3%

Background

The GNU C library is the standard C library used by Gentoo Linux systems.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU C Library. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A local attacker could trigger vulnerabilities in dynamic library loader, making it possible to load attacker-controlled shared objects during execution of setuid/setgid programs to escalate privileges.

A context-dependent attacker could trigger various vulnerabilities in GNU C Library, including a buffer overflow, leading to execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GNU C Library users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r3"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallsys-libs/glibc< 2.15-r3UNKNOWN

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.019 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.3%