Critical: glibc

Issue Overview: A heap-based buffer overflow was found in glibc's nsshostnamedigitsdots function, which is used by the gethostbyname and gethostbyname2 glibc function calls. A remote attacker able to make an application call either of these functions could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code...

glibc security update

Oracle Linux 7: 2.17-55.0.4.el70.5 - Remove strstr and strcasestr implementations using sse4.2 instructions. - Upstream commits 584b18eb4df61ccd447db2dfe8c8a7901f8c8598 and 1818483b15d22016b0eae41d37ee91cc87b37510 backported. Jose E. Marchesi 2.17-55.5 - Rebuild and run regression testing...

Linux "Ghost" Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The Linux GNU C Library glibc versions 2.2 and other 2.x versions before 2.18 are vulnerable to remote code execution via a vulnerability in the gethostbyname function. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT recommends users a...

Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2015-473)

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in glibc's nsshostnamedigitsdots function, which is used by the gethostbyname and gethostbyname2 glibc function calls. A remote attacker able to make an application call to either of these functions can use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the...

Check Point Response to CVE-2015-0235 (glibc - GHOST)

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RedHat Update for glibc RHSA-2015:0016-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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...

CentOS Update for glibc CESA-2015:0016 centos6

Check the version of glibc SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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 scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882090";...

SOL16010 - GNU C Library (glibc) vulnerability CVE-2014-7817

These versions of BIG-IP, BIG-IQ, and Enterprise Manager have a vulnerable version of glibc code. However, the risk level for this vulnerability is considered LOW because F5 product development has verified that the vulnerable code is NOT used in a way that would make an exploit possible. These...

OracleVM 3.3 : glibc (OVMSA-2015-0003)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - Fix recursive dlopen 1173469. - Fix typo in ressend and resquery rh1172023. - Fix crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv modules CVE-2014-6040, 1139571. - Fix wordexp to honour WRDENOCMD CVE-2014-7817,...

Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2015-468)

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way glibc's iconv function converted certain encoded data to UTF-8. An attacker able to make an application call the iconv function with a specially crafted argument could use this flaw to crash that application. CVE-2014-6040 It was found that the...

MGASA-2015-0013 Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities

The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in GNU C Library aka glibc 2.5, 2.12, and probably other versions does not "properly restrict the use of" the alloca function when allocating the SPECS array, which allows context- dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFYSOURCE format-string...

Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities

The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in GNU C Library aka glibc 2.5, 2.12, and probably other versions does not "properly restrict the use of" the alloca function when allocating the SPECS array, which allows context- dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFYSOURCE format-string...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150107)

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way glibc's iconv function converted certain encoded data to UTF-8. An attacker able to make an application call the iconv function with a specially crafted argument could use this flaw to crash that application. CVE-2014-6040 It was found that the...

Medium: glibc

Issue Overview: An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way glibc's iconv function converted certain encoded data to UTF-8. An attacker able to make an application call the iconv function with a specially crafted argument could use this flaw to crash that application. CVE-2014-6040 It was fou...

RHEL 6 : glibc (RHSA-2015:0016)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:0016 advisory. The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries libc, POSIX thread libraries libpthread, standard math libraries libm, and the Name Serv...

SOL15967 - glibc and eglibc vulnerability CVE-2011-2702

Vulnerability Recommended Actions None Supplemental Information SOL9970: Subscribing to email notifications regarding F5 products SOL9957: Creating a custom RSS feed to view new and updated documents SOL4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy SOL4918: Overview of the F5...

Oracle Linux 6 : glibc (ELSA-2015-0016)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0016 advisory. - Fix crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv modules CVE-2014-6040, 1139571. Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the...

CentOS 6 : glibc (CESA-2015:0016)

Updated glibc packages that fix two security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate 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-2015:0016 Updated glibc packages that fix two security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security and bug fix update

Updated glibc packages that fix two security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...