SuSE 11.3 Security Update : glibc (SAT Patch Number 10357)

glibc has ben updated to fix three security issues : - wordexp failed to honour WRDENOCMD bsc906371. CVE-2014-7817 - Fixed invalid file descriptor reuse while sending DNS query bsc915526. CVE-2013-7423 - Fixed buffer overflow in wscanf bsc916222 These non-security issues have been fixed:...

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...

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...

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...

glibc: command execution in wordexp() with WRDE_NOCMD specified

It was found that the wordexp function would perform command substitution even when the WRDENOCMD flag was specified. An attacker able to provide specially crafted input to an application using the wordexp function, and not sanitizing the input correctly, could potentially use this flaw to execut...

glibc security and bug fix update

2.12-1.149.4 - Fix recursive dlopen 1173469. 2.12-1.149.3 - Fix typo in ressend and resquery rh1172023. 2.12-1.149.2 - Fix crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv modules CVE-2014-6040, 1139571. 2.12-1.149.1 - Fix wordexp to honour WRDENOCMD CVE-2014-7817, 1170121...

glibc: command execution in wordexp() with WRDE_NOCMD specified

It was found that the wordexp function would perform command substitution even when the WRDENOCMD flag was specified. An attacker able to provide specially crafted input to an application using the wordexp function, and not sanitizing the input correctly, could potentially use this flaw to execut...

glibc security and bug fix update

2.17-55.0.4.el70.3 - Remove strstr and strcasestr implementations using sse4.2 instructions. - Upstream commits 584b18eb4df61ccd447db2dfe8c8a7901f8c8598 and 1818483b15d22016b0eae41d37ee91cc87b37510 backported. Jose E. Marchesi 2.17-55.3 - Fix wordexp to honour WRDENOCMD CVE-2014-7817, 1170118...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : GNU C Library vulnerabilities (USN-2432-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2432-1 advisory. Siddhesh Poyarekar discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain multibyte characters when using the iconv function. An attacker could...

USN-2432-1 eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities

Siddhesh Poyarekar discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain multibyte characters when using the iconv function. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12....

GNU glibc code execution

wordexp function code execution...

[SECURITY] [DLA 97-1] eglibc security update

Package : eglibc Version : 2.11.3-4+deb6u2 CVE ID : CVE-2012-6656 CVE-2014-6040 CVE-2014-7817 CVE-2012-6656 Fix validation check when converting from ibm930 to utf. When converting IBM930 code with iconv, if IBM930 code which includes invalid multibyte character "0xffff" is specified, then iconv...

DLA-97-1 eglibc - security update

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDVSA-2014:232)

Updated glibc package fixes security vulnerability : The function wordexp\ fails to properly handle the WRDENOCMD flag when processing arithmetic inputs in the form of $... where ... can be anything valid. The backticks in the arithmetic epxression are evaluated by in a shell even if WRDENOCMD...

Updated glibc packages fix CVE-2014-7817

The function wordexp fails to properly handle the WRDENOCMD flag when processing arithmetic inputs in the form of "$... " where "..." can be anything valid. The backticks in the arithmetic epxression are evaluated by in a shell even if WRDENOCMD forbade command substitution. This allows an attack...

CVE-2014-7817

The wordexp function in GNU C Library aka glibc 2.21 does not enforce the WRDENOCMD flag, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by input containing "$..."...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7817

The wordexp function in GNU C Library aka glibc 2.21 does not enforce the WRDENOCMD flag, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by input containing "$..."...

CVE-2014-7817

The wordexp function in GNU C Library aka glibc 2.21 does not enforce the WRDENOCMD flag, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by input containing "$..."...

CVE-2014-7817

CVE-2014-7817 affects the GLIBC wordexp function (glibc) where WRDE_NOCMD was not enforced, allowing context-dependent local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via input containing shell substitutions (e.g., $(...)). Public disclosures and vendor advisories (Debian/DSA-3142-1; CentOS CESA no...