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HistoryFeb 19, 2016 - 12:11 a.m.

Security update for glibc (important)

2016-02-1900:11:49
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This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

  • errorcheck-mutex-no-elision.patch: Don’t do lock elision on an error
    checking mutex (boo#956716, BZ #17514)
  • reinitialize-dl_load_write_lock.patch: Reinitialize dl_load_write_lock
    on fork (boo#958315, BZ #19282)
  • send-dg-buffer-overflow.patch: Fix getaddrinfo stack-based buffer
    overflow (CVE-2015-7547, boo#961721, BZ #18665)
  • strftime-range-check.patch: Add range check on time fields
    (CVE-2015-8776, boo#962736, BZ #18985)
  • hcreate-overflow-check.patch: Handle overflow in hcreate (CVE-2015-8778,
    boo#962737, BZ #18240)
  • refactor-nan-parsing.patch: Refactor strtod parsing of NaN payloads
    (CVE-2014-9761, boo#962738, BZ #16962)
  • catopen-unbound-alloca.patch: Fix unbound alloca in catopen
    (CVE-2015-8779, boo#962739, BZ #17905)