Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150421)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way glibc's gethostbynamer and other related functions computed the size of a buffer when passed a misaligned buffer as input. An attacker able to make an application call any of these functions with a misaligned buffer could use this flaw to crash the...

glibc, nscd security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2015:0863 Updated glibc packages that fix two security issues and one bug 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 one bug 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...