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...

Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2016-0176)

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...

Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2016-3515)

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...

DNS Client Resolver glibc Buffer Overflow (CVE-2015-7547)

The Linux glibc library is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. DNS client side resolvers using this library may be exploited by remote attackers. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target...

Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2016-0480

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...

SUSE-RU-2016:0496-1 Recommended update for certification-sles-eal4

The EAL4 Configuration Guide has been updated to version 1.14, covering the recently released glibc patches to fix CVE-2015-7547...

Magnitude of glibc Vulnerability Coming to Light

Not since Stagefright have we had a vulnerability with the scale and reach of the glibc flaw disclosed on Tuesday. “It’s pretty bad; you don’t get bugs of this magnitude too often,” said Dan Kaminsky, researcher, cofounder and chief scientist at White Ops. “The code path is widely exposed and...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: glibc-2.22-9.fc23

The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package contains the most important se...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: glibc-2.21-11.fc22

The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package contains the most important se...

Security update for glibc (important)

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...

glibc, nscd security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:0176 Updated glibc packages that fix two security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...

glibc, nscd security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:0175 Updated glibc packages that fix one security issue and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...

lib32-glibc: multiple issues

CVE-2015-7547 arbitrary code execution A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the way the libresolv library performed dual A/AAAA DNS queries. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted DNS response which could cause libresolv to crash or, potentially, execute code with the...

GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background The GNU C library is the standard C library used by Gentoo Linux systems. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the GNU C Library: The Google Security Team and Red Hat discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the senddg and sendvc functions due to a buffer...

glibc: multiple issues

CVE-2015-7547 arbitrary code execution A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the way the libresolv library performed dual A/AAAA DNS queries. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted DNS response which could cause libresolv to crash or, potentially, execute code with the...

Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2016-653)

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the senddg and sendvc functions, used by getaddrinfo and other higher-level interfaces of glibc. A remote attacker able to cause an application to call either of these functions could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of t...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20160216)

A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the way the libresolv library performed dual A/AAAA DNS queries. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted DNS response which could cause libresolv to crash or, potentially, execute code with the permissions of the user running the library. Note...

Oracle Linux 7 : glibc (ELSA-2016-0176)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-0176 advisory. - Revert problematic libresolv change, not needed for the CVE-2015-7547 fix 1296030. - Fix CVE-2015-7547: getaddrinfo stack-based buffer overflow...

CentOS 7 : glibc (CESA-2016:0176)

Updated glibc packages that fix two security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...