SuSE 10 Security Update : glibc (ZYPP Patch Number 7575)

The following bugs have been fixed : - Specially crafted input to the fnmatch function could cause an integer overflow. CVE-2011-1071 - The output of the 'locale' command was not properly quoted. CVE-2011-1095 - Don't search the current directory if $ORIGIN is in RPATH of libraries called by setu...

Security fix for the ALT Linux 6 package glibc version 6:2.11.3-alt5

June 21, 2011 Dmitry V. Levin 6:2.11.3-alt5 - Updated to glibc-2.11.3-61-g78856c5 with some broken commits reverted. - Updated cryptblowfish to 1.1 fixes CVE-2011-2483...

Security fix for the ALT Linux 7 package glibc version 6:2.11.3-alt5

June 21, 2011 Dmitry V. Levin 6:2.11.3-alt5 - Updated to glibc-2.11.3-61-g78856c5 with some broken commits reverted. - Updated cryptblowfish to 1.1 fixes CVE-2011-2483...

Slackware 8.1 : Security updates for Slackware 8.1

Several security updates are now available for Slackware 8.1, including updated packages for Apache, glibc, modssl, openssh, openssl, and php. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from the associated Slackware Security Advisory. Th...

Security fix for the ALT Linux 7 package glibc version 6:2.11.3-alt4

April 28, 2011 Dmitry V. Levin 6:2.11.3-alt4 - Backported upstream fixes for Sourceware12393, Sourceware12583 CVE-2011-1659 and Sourceware12685. - Fixed nscd reload closes: 25379. - glibc-utils: dropped rpcinfo which is now provided by rpcbind = 0.2.1-alt0.4...

Security fix for the ALT Linux 6 package glibc version 6:2.11.3-alt4

April 28, 2011 Dmitry V. Levin 6:2.11.3-alt4 - Backported upstream fixes for Sourceware12393, Sourceware12583 CVE-2011-1659 and Sourceware12685. - Fixed nscd reload closes: 25379. - glibc-utils: dropped rpcinfo which is now provided by rpcbind = 0.2.1-alt0.4...

SOL12793 - GNU C Library vulnerability CVE-2010-4051

The regcomp implementation in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial-of-service DoS attack. This applies to GNU C Library versions through 2.11.3, and also versions 2.12.x through 2.12.2. Information about this advisory is available at the...

CentOS 5 : glibc (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 scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

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-2011-1095

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

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...

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-2011-1095

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...

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...

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...