DLA-316-1 eglibc - security update

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SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2015:1424-1)

This update for glibc provides fixes for security and non-security issues. These security issues have been fixed : - CVE-2015-1781: Buffer length after padding in resolv/nssdns/dns-host.c. bsc927080 - CVE-2013-2207: ptchown did not properly check permissions for tty files, which allowed local use...

SOL16879 - Apache Portable Runtime vulnerability CVE-2011-1928

The fnmatch implementation in aprfnmatch.c in the Apache Portable Runtime APR library 1.4.3 and 1.4.4, and the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.18, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop via a URI that does not match unspecified types of wildcard patterns, as demonstrated by...

Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated glibc package fixes security vulnerabilities: It was discovered that, under certain circumstances, glibc's getaddrinfo function would send DNS queries to random file descriptors. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to send DNS queries to unintended recipients, resulting in...

GNU glibc 'fnmatch_loop.c' remote buffer overflow vulnerability

GNU glibc is an implementation of the C library for the Linux operating system. A remote buffer overflow vulnerability exists in GNU glibc 'fnmatchloop.c', which can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code or launch a denial of service attack in the context of an affected applicatio...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : Apache vulnerability (SOL15920)

Stack consumption vulnerability in the fnmatch implementation in aprfnmatch.c in the Apache Portable Runtime APR library before 1.4.3 and the Apache HTTP Server before 2.2.18, and in fnmatch.c in libc in NetBSD 5.1, OpenBSD 4.8, FreeBSD, Apple Mac OS X 10.6, Oracle Solaris 10, and Android, allows...

GNU glibc < 2.12.2 'fnmatch()' Function Stack Corruption Vulnerability

No description provided by source. / Source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46563/info GNU glibc is prone to a stack-corruption vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the application that uses the affected library. Failed exploit...

ESXi 5.0 < Build 515841 Multiple Vulnerabilities (remote check)

The remote VMware ESXi 5.0 host is affected by the following security vulnerabilities : - A security bypass vulnerability exists in the e1000 driver in the Linux kernel due to improper handling of Ethernet frames that exceed the MTU. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via...

Oracle Linux 4 : php (ELSA-2008-0545)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:0545 : Updated php packages that fix several security issues and a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting...

Scientific Linux Security Update : php on SL5.x i386/x86_64

It was discovered that the PHP escapeshellcmd function did not properly escape multi-byte characters which are not valid in the locale used by the script. This could allow an attacker to bypass quoting restrictions imposed by escapeshellcmd and execute arbitrary commands if the PHP script was usi...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL5.x,SL6.x i386/x86_64

The glibc packages contain the standard C libraries used by multiple programs on the system. These packages contain the standard C and the standard math libraries. Without these two libraries, a Linux system cannot function properly. The fix for CVE-2010-3847 introduced a regression in the way th...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL4.x i386/x86_64 (20120213)

The glibc packages contain the standard C libraries used by multiple programs on the system. These packages contain the standard C and the standard math libraries. Without these two libraries, a Linux system cannot function properly. An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer...

CentOS Update for glibc CESA-2012:0125 centos4

Check for the Version of glibc OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for glibc CESA-2012:0125 centos4 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...

CentOS Update for glibc CESA-2011:0412 centos5 x86_64

Check for the Version of glibc OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for glibc CESA-2011:0412 centos5 x8664 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 unde...

CentOS Update for glibc CESA-2012:0125 centos4

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",...

Ubuntu Update for eglibc USN-1396-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1396-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN13961.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for eglibc USN-1396-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

USN-1396-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the GNU C Library did not properly handle integer overflows in the timezone handling code. An attacker could use this to possibly execute arbitrary code by convincing an application to load a maliciously constructed tzfile. CVE-2009-5029 It was discovered that the GNU C...

glibc, nptl, nscd security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2012:0125 Updated glibc packages that fix multiple security issues and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring Syste...

glibc: fnmatch() alloca()-based memory corruption flaw

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...

glibc: fnmatch() alloca()-based memory corruption flaw

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than...