VMSA-2016-0002 : VMware product updates address a critical glibc security vulnerability

a. glibc update for multiple products. The glibc library has been updated in multiple products to resolve a stack-based buffer overflow present in the glibc getaddrinfo function. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the identifier CVE-2015-7547. VMware...

Slackware 14.1 / current : glibc (SSA:2016-054-02)

New glibc packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2016-054-02. The text itself is copyright C Slackwar...

VMware ESXi updates address a critical glibc security vulnerability (VMSA-2016-0002) - Remote Version Check

VMware ESXi updates address a critical glibc security vulnerability. 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...

VMware ESXi updates address a critical glibc security vulnerability (VMSA-2016-0002)

VMware product updates address a critical glibc security vulnerability. 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...

[slackware-security] glibc

New glibc packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/glibc-2.17-i486-11slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. This update provides a patch to fix the stack-based buffer overflow in libresolv that could...

F5 BIG-IP - glibc vulnerability CVE-2015-7547

The remote host is missing a security patch. 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 CPE = "cpe:/h:f5:big-ip"; if description...

ESXi 5.5 < Build 3568722 / 6.0 < Build 3568940 glibc DNS Resolver RCE (VMSA-2016-0002) (remote check)

The remote VMware ESXi host is 5.5 prior to build 3568722 or 6.0 prior to build 3568940. It is, therefore, affected by a stack-based buffer overflow condition in the GNU C Library glibc DNS client-side resolver due to improper validation of user-supplied input when looking up names via the...

VMware product updates address a critical glibc security vulnerability.

a. glibc update for multiple products...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2016-0079)

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-2016-234)

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. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

VMSA-2016-0002:VMware product updates address a CRITICAL glibc security vulnerability.

VMSA-2016-0002.1 VMware product updates address a critical glibc security vulnerability. VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2016-0002.1 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware product updates address a critical glibc security vulnerability VMware Security Adviso...

glibc: getaddrinfo stack-based buffer overflow

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...

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...

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...