Issued:

2013-04-10

Updated:

2013-04-10

RHBA-2013:0732 - glibc bug fix update

Synopsis

glibc bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated glibc packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The glibc packages provide the standard C and standard math libraries used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.

This update fixes the following bug:

• The C library security mechanism was unable to handle dynamically loaded character conversion routines when loaded at specific virtual addresses. This resulted in an unexpected termination with a segmentation fault when trying to use the dynamically loaded character conversion routine. This update enhances the C library security mechanism to handle dynamically loaded character conversion routines at any virtual memory address and the crashes no longer occur in the described scenario. (BZ#924825)

Users of glibc are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• glibc-2.5-107.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.5-107.el5_9.1.s390.rpm
• nscd-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ia64.rpm
• glibc-common-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ia64.rpm
• glibc-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ppc.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ia64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.5-107.el5_9.1.i686.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-common-2.5-107.el5_9.1.s390x.rpm
• glibc-common-2.5-107.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.5-107.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.5-107.el5_9.1.s390x.rpm
• glibc-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ia64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.5-107.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.5-107.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.5-107.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.5-107.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-2.5-107.el5_9.1.s390.rpm
• glibc-common-2.5-107.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
• glibc-2.5-107.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.5-107.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.5-107.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
• nscd-2.5-107.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.5-107.el5_9.1.s390.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.5-107.el5_9.1.s390x.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ia64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ppc.rpm
• glibc-common-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ppc.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ppc.rpm
• nscd-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ppc.rpm
• glibc-2.5-107.el5_9.1.src.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-2.5-107.el5_9.1.s390x.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ia64.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.5-107.el5_9.1.s390x.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ppc.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ia64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.5-107.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
• nscd-2.5-107.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
• glibc-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-2.5-107.el5_9.1.i686.rpm
• nscd-2.5-107.el5_9.1.s390x.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.5-107.el5_9.1.s390x.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-common-2.5-107.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.5-107.el5_9.1.ppc.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

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.