RedHat Update for glibc. Security flaw found in glibc's integer overflow functions could lead to buffer overflows. Update also fixes logic errors in mathematical functions. Users advised to upgrade
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![]() | Fedora 16 : glibc-2.14.90-24.fc16.9 (2012-11928) | 28 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | SuSE 10 Security Update : glibc (ZYPP Patch Number 8387) | 19 Dec 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | SUSE SLED10 / SLES10 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2012:1667-1) | 20 May 201500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2012-120) | 4 Sep 201300:00 | – | nessus |
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redhat | www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2012-August/msg00027.html |
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
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# RedHat Update for glibc RHSA-2012:1207-01
#
# Authors:
# System Generated Check
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "The glibc packages provide the standard C and standard math libraries used
by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux
system cannot function properly.
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)
This update also fixes the following bug:
* Previously, logic errors in various mathematical functions, including
exp, exp2, expf, exp2f, pow, sin, tan, and rint, caused inconsistent
results when the functions were used with the non-default rounding mode.
This could also cause applications to crash in some cases. With this
update, the functions now give correct results across the four different
rounding modes. (BZ#839411)
All users of glibc are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.";
tag_affected = "glibc on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)";
tag_solution = "Please Install the Updated Packages.";
if(description)
{
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2012-August/msg00027.html");
script_id(870814);
script_version("$Revision: 8295 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-01-05 07:29:18 +0100 (Fri, 05 Jan 2018) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-08-28 10:25:40 +0530 (Tue, 28 Aug 2012)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-3480");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_xref(name: "RHSA", value: "2012:1207-01");
script_name("RedHat Update for glibc RHSA-2012:1207-01");
script_tag(name: "summary" , value: "Check for the Version of glibc");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/rhel", "ssh/login/rpms");
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = get_kb_item("ssh/login/release");
res = "";
if(release == NULL){
exit(0);
}
if(release == "RHENT_5")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc", rpm:"glibc~2.5~81.el5_8.7", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-common", rpm:"glibc-common~2.5~81.el5_8.7", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-debuginfo", rpm:"glibc-debuginfo~2.5~81.el5_8.7", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-debuginfo-common", rpm:"glibc-debuginfo-common~2.5~81.el5_8.7", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-devel", rpm:"glibc-devel~2.5~81.el5_8.7", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-headers", rpm:"glibc-headers~2.5~81.el5_8.7", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-utils", rpm:"glibc-utils~2.5~81.el5_8.7", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nscd", rpm:"nscd~2.5~81.el5_8.7", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
exit(0);
}
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