Security update for glibc (critical)

This update for glibc fixes the following security issues: fix stack overflow in the glibc libresolv DNS resolver function getaddrinfo, known as CVE-2015-7547. It is a client side networked/remote vulnerability...

On the iPhone Encryption Debacle, the glibc Linux Vulnerability, and More

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the week in news, including the iPhone encryption debacle, the glibc Linux vulnerability, and the latest ransomware headlines. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapFebruary192016.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

MGASA-2016-0079 Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated glibc fixes the following security issues: A stack overflow unbounded alloca could have caused applications which process long strings with the nan function to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code CVE-2014-9761. A stack-based buffer overflow in getaddrinfo allowed remote attacker...

Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated glibc fixes the following security issues: A stack overflow unbounded alloca could have caused applications which process long strings with the nan function to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code CVE-2014-9761. A stack-based buffer overflow in getaddrinfo allowed remote attacker...

CVE-2015-7547 - Citrix Security Advisory for glibc Vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability has been recently disclosed in the glibc getaddrinfo function. This issue could potentially allow an attacker to inject code into a process that calls the vulnerable function. The issue has been assigned the following CVE identifier: CVE-2015-7547: The vulnerable function...

Security update for glibc (important)

This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - errorcheck-mutex-no-elision.patch: Don't do lock elision on an error checking mutex boo956716, BZ 17514 - reinitialize-dlloadwritelock.patch: Reinitialize dlloadwritelock on fork boo958315, BZ 19282 - send-dg-buffer-overflow.patch: Fix getaddrin...

openSUSE Security Update : glibc (openSUSE-2016-233)

This update for glibc fixes the following issues : - errorcheck-mutex-no-elision.patch: Don't do lock elision on an error checking mutex boo956716, BZ 17514 - reinitialize-dlloadwritelock.patch: Reinitialize dlloadwritelock on fork boo958315, BZ 19282 - send-dg-buffer-overflow.patch: Fix...

glibc CVE-2 0 1 5-7 5 4 7 vulnerability fixes-bug warning-the black bar safety net

Google's security research team disclosed a glibc getaddrinfo-overflow vulnerability, the popular Linux Enterprise system, a server system is almost always affected. As long as the glibc version is greater than 2.9 will be the overflow vulnerability. An attacker may by the vulnerability directly ...

RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : glibc (CVE-2014-9402)

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux host has a version of glibc installed that is similar in patching level to version 2.21 of the official glibc library. It is, therefore, potentially affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to improper handling of alias names supplied to the getnetbyna...

Stack overflow

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the 1 senddg and 2 sendvc functions in the libresolv library in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response that triggers a call to...

CVE-2015-7547

CVE-2015-7547 refers to a stack-based buffer overflow in the GLIBC libresolv DNS resolver path, triggered by dual A/AAAA DNS queries in getaddrinfo. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution or crash the process when handling crafted DNS responses, with exploitation possible via the nss...

CVE-2015-7547

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the 1 senddg and 2 sendvc functions in the libresolv library in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response that triggers a call to...

Vulnerability in GNU glibc Affecting Cisco Products: February 2016

On February 16, 2016, an industry-wide, critical vulnerability in the GNU C library glibc was publicly disclosed. Multiple Cisco products incorporate a version of glibc that may be affected by the vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a buffer...

Linux, the underlying function library“glibc”reproduction is a major security vulnerability, a plurality of releases affected-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Google's security research team recently disclosed a glibc getaddrinfo-overflow vulnerability. Vulnerability details the discovery process can be found in the Google blog. Digression, Google engineers are genuine Vulnerability description: The vulnerability cause is that the DNS Server Response t...

Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2016-3516)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

openSUSE Security Update : glibc (openSUSE-2016-224)

This update for glibc fixes the following security issues : - CVE-2015-7547: A stack-based buffer overflow in getaddrinfo allowed remote attackers to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code via crafted and timed DNS responses bsc961721 - CVE-2015-8777: Insufficient checking of LDPOINTERGUARD...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2016:0471-1)

This update for glibc fixes the following security issues : - CVE-2015-7547: A stack-based buffer overflow in getaddrinfo allowed remote attackers to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code via crafted and timed DNS responses bsc961721 - CVE-2015-8777: Insufficient checking of LDPOINTERGUARD...

SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2016:0472-1)

This update for glibc fixes the following issues : - CVE-2015-7547: A stack-based buffer overflow in getaddrinfo allowed remote attackers to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code via crafted and timed DNS responses bsc961721 - CVE-2015-8777: Insufficient checking of LDPOINTERGUARD environment...

Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2016-0175)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2016-0

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...