Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDVSA-2011:179)

Multiple vulnerabilities was discovered and fixed in glibc : The addmntent function in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 2.13 and earlier does not report an error status for failed attempts to write to the /etc/mtab file, which makes it easier for local users to trigger corruption of this file...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2000:045-1)

A bug was discovered in ld.so that could allow local users to obtain root privileges. The dynamic loader, ld.so, is responsible for making shared libraries available within a program at run-time. Normally, a user is allowed to load additional shared libraries when executing a program; they can be...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2000:040)

A bug was discovered in ld.so that could allow local users to obtain root privileges. The dynamic loader, ld.so, is responsible for making shared libraries available within a program at run-time. Normally, a user is allowed to load additional shared libraries when executing a program; they can be...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2001:012)

The LDPRELOAD variable in the GNU C Library is honoured normally even for SUID/SGID applications but removed afterwards from the environment if it does not contain '/' characters. There is a special check which only preloads found libraries if they have the SUID bit set. However, if a library has...

Slackware 13.1 / 13.37 / current : glibc (SSA:2012-244-01)

New glibc packages are available for Slackware 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix security issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2012-244-01. The text itself is copyright C...

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...

[slackware-security] glibc (SSA:2012-244-01)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 slackware-security glibc SSA:2012-244-01 New glibc packages are available for Slackware 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+...

[slackware-security] glibc

New glibc packages are available for Slackware 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: patches/packages/glibc-2.13-i486-6slack13.37.txz: Rebuilt. Patched multiple integer overflows in the strtod, strtof, strtold, and strtodl...

VMSA-2012-0013 VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third party libraries.

The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2012-0013. Summary VMware has updated several third party libraries in vSphere and vcOps to address multiple security vulnerabilities. Relevant releases VMware vCenter 4.1 without Update 3 VMware vCenter Update Manager 4.1...

VMSA-2012-0013 : VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third-party libraries

a. vCenter and ESX update to JRE 1.6.0 Update 31 The Oracle Sun JRE is updated to version 1.6.031, which addresses multiple security issues. Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that are addressed by this update in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of February 2012. b. vCente...

Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-11928

Check for the Version of glibc OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-11928 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...

Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-11508

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

CentOS 6 : glibc (CESA-2012:1208)

Updated glibc packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-11927

Check for the Version of glibc OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-11927 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...

Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-2123

Check for the Version of glibc OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-2123 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 ...

Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-11927

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-11508

Check for the Version of glibc OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-11508 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...

Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-11928

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-2123

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

CentOS Update for glibc CESA-2012:1207 centos5

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...