glibc, nscd security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2011:0412 Updated glibc packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...

CVE-2011-1089

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, as demonstrated by writes from a process with a small...

CVE-2011-1095

locale/programs/locale.c in locale in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.13 does not quote its output, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted localization environment variable, in conjunction with a program that executes a script that uses the eval function...

Design/Logic Flaw

locale/programs/locale.c in locale in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.13 does not quote its output, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted localization environment variable, in conjunction with a program that executes a script that uses the eval function...

Memory corruption

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, as demonstrated by writes from a process with a small...

CVE-2011-1089

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, as demonstrated by writes from a process with a small...

CVE-2011-1095

Summary of CVE-2011-1095 (glibc locale quoting issue) : The vulnerability affects locale/programs/locale.c in the GNU C Library (glibc/libc6) prior to version 2.13. The code does not properly quote its output, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted localization environment...

CVE-2011-1089

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, as demonstrated by writes from a process with a small...

CVE-2011-1095

locale/programs/locale.c in locale in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.13 does not quote its output, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted localization environment variable, in conjunction with a program that executes a script that uses the eval function...

CVE-2011-1089

CVE-2011-1089 refers to a vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc/libc6) up to version 2.13 where addmntent does not report an error when writes to /etc/mtab fail. The issue enables local users to trigger corruption of /etc/mtab, demonstrated by a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE. This is a se...

CVE-2011-1095

locale/programs/locale.c in locale in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.13 does not quote its output, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted localization environment variable, in conjunction with a program that executes a script that uses the eval function...

PT-2011-1088

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions glibc versions 2.3.4 through 2.13 glibc-utils version 2.3.4 glibc-common version 2.3.4 glibc-devel version 2.3.4 glibc-profile version 2.3.4 glibc-headers version 2.3.4 nptl-devel version 2.3.4 Description The issue concerns multiple...

CVE-2011-1089: Undefined Security Weakness

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, as demonstrated by writes from a process with a small...

CVE-2011-1095: Undefined Security Weakness

locale/programs/locale.c in locale in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.13 does not quote its output, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted localization environment variable, in conjunction with a program that executes a script that uses the eval function...

CVE-2011-1095

locale/programs/locale.c in locale in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.13 does not quote its output, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted localization environment variable, in conjunction with a program that executes a script that uses the eval function...

CVE-2011-1658

ld.so in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 2.13 and earlier expands the $ORIGIN dynamic string token when RPATH is composed entirely of this token, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link in an arbitrary directory to a 1 setuid or 2 setgid program with this RPA...

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1071

The GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC EGLIBC allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service memory consumption via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a "stack extension attack," a related issue to...

CVE-2011-1071

The GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC EGLIBC allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service memory consumption via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a "stack extension attack," a related issue to...

CVE-2011-0536

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in elf/dl-object.c in certain modified versions of the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6, including glibc-2.5-49.el55.6 and glibc-2.12-1.7.el60.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object DSO...

CVE-2011-1658

ld.so in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 2.13 and earlier expands the $ORIGIN dynamic string token when RPATH is composed entirely of this token, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link in an arbitrary directory to a 1 setuid or 2 setgid program with this RPA...