news 28 Posted January 27, 2015 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Critical: glibc security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0090-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0090.html Issue date: 2015-01-27 CVE Names: CVE-2015-0235 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated glibc packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 3. Description: The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the Name Server Caching Daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly. A heap-based buffer overflow was found in glibc's __nss_hostname_digits_dots() 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 with the permissions of the user running the application. (CVE-2015-0235) Red Hat would like to thank Qualys for reporting this issue. All glibc users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1183461 - CVE-2015-0235 glibc: __nss_hostname_digits_dots() heap-based buffer overflow 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.src.rpm i386: glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i686.rpm glibc-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i686.rpm glibc-debuginfo-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-headers-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-utils-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm nscd-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm x86_64: glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i686.rpm glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.x86_64.rpm glibc-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1.x86_64.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i686.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.x86_64.rpm glibc-debuginfo-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1.x86_64.rpm glibc-headers-2.5-123.el5_11.1.x86_64.rpm glibc-utils-2.5-123.el5_11.1.x86_64.rpm nscd-2.5-123.el5_11.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.src.rpm i386: glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i686.rpm glibc-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i686.rpm glibc-debuginfo-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-headers-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-utils-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm nscd-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm ia64: glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i686.rpm glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ia64.rpm glibc-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ia64.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i686.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ia64.rpm glibc-debuginfo-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ia64.rpm glibc-headers-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ia64.rpm glibc-utils-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ia64.rpm nscd-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ia64.rpm ppc: glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ppc.rpm glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ppc64.rpm glibc-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ppc.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ppc.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ppc64.rpm glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ppc.rpm glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ppc64.rpm glibc-headers-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ppc.rpm glibc-utils-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ppc.rpm nscd-2.5-123.el5_11.1.ppc.rpm s390x: glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.s390.rpm glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.s390x.rpm glibc-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1.s390x.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.s390.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.s390x.rpm glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1.s390.rpm glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1.s390x.rpm glibc-headers-2.5-123.el5_11.1.s390x.rpm glibc-utils-2.5-123.el5_11.1.s390x.rpm nscd-2.5-123.el5_11.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i686.rpm glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.x86_64.rpm glibc-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1.x86_64.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i686.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.5-123.el5_11.1.x86_64.rpm glibc-debuginfo-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1.x86_64.rpm glibc-headers-2.5-123.el5_11.1.x86_64.rpm glibc-utils-2.5-123.el5_11.1.x86_64.rpm nscd-2.5-123.el5_11.1.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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