Issued:

2011-05-19

Updated:

2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0584 - glibc bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

glibc bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated glibc packages that fix numerous bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The glibc packages contain the standard C libraries used by multiple programs on the system. These packages contain the standard C and the standard math libraries. Without these two libraries, a Linux system cannot function properly.

These updated packages contain a number of bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in detail in the Technical Notes, linked in the References.

All users of glibc are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• glibc-2.12-1.25.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-common-2.12-1.25.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.25.el6.ppc.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.25.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.25.el6.ppc.rpm
• glibc-static-2.12-1.25.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.25.el6.ppc.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.25.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.12-1.25.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.25.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.25.el6.s390.rpm
• glibc-common-2.12-1.25.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.12-1.25.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.12-1.25.el6.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-static-2.12-1.25.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.25.el6.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.25.el6.x86_64.rpm
• nscd-2.12-1.25.el6.x86_64.rpm
• nscd-2.12-1.25.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.12-1.25.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.25.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.25.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.25.el6.src.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.25.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.25.el6.s390.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.25.el6.i686.rpm
• nscd-2.12-1.25.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.12-1.25.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.12-1.25.el6.ppc64.rpm
• nscd-2.12-1.25.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.25.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.12-1.25.el6.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-common-2.12-1.25.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-static-2.12-1.25.el6.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-static-2.12-1.25.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.25.el6.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.25.el6.s390.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.12-1.25.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-common-2.12-1.25.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 615090
• This content is not included.BZ - 615701
• This content is not included.BZ - 641128
• This content is not included.BZ - 647448
• This content is not included.BZ - 652661
• This content is not included.BZ - 653905
• This content is not included.BZ - 656014
• This content is not included.BZ - 661982
• This content is not included.BZ - 689471
• This content is not included.BZ - 692177

CVEs

(none)

References

• This content is not included.This content is not included.http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.1_Technical_Notes/index.html#glibc

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.