Issued:

2014-10-14

Updated:

2014-10-14

RHSA-2014:1391 - Moderate: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Synopsis

Moderate: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated glibc packages that fix two security issues, several bugs, and add two enhancements 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 available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

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.

An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the way the glibc's readdir_r() function handled file system entries longer than the NAME_MAX character constant. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted NTFS or CIFS file system that, when processed by an application using readdir_r(), would cause that application to crash or, potentially, allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2013-4237)

It was found that getaddrinfo() did not limit the amount of stack memory used during name resolution. An attacker able to make an application resolve an attacker-controlled hostname or IP address could possibly cause the application to exhaust all stack memory and crash. (CVE-2013-4458)

These updated glibc packages also include several bug fixes and two enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Technical Notes, linked to in the References section, for information on the most significant of these changes.

All glibc users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these enhancements.

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

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-static-2.12-1.149.el6.s390x.rpm
• nscd-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.149.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-common-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-common-2.12-1.149.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6.ppc.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.149.el6.ppc.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.149.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.12-1.149.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.149.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.12-1.149.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-static-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-static-2.12-1.149.el6.ppc.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.149.el6.ppc.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.149.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.149.el6.s390.rpm
• glibc-static-2.12-1.149.el6.s390.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.149.el6.s390.rpm
• glibc-common-2.12-1.149.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.12-1.149.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-static-2.12-1.149.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.149.el6.s390.rpm
• glibc-static-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.12-1.149.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-common-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.149.el6.ppc.rpm
• nscd-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.149.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6.s390.rpm
• nscd-2.12-1.149.el6.s390x.rpm
• glibc-2.12-1.149.el6.src.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
• nscd-2.12-1.149.el6.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
• glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.149.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 905941
• This content is not included.BZ - 981942
• This content is not included.BZ - 995839
• This content is not included.BZ - 1022280
• This content is not included.BZ - 1032628
• This content is not included.BZ - 1043557
• This content is not included.BZ - 1044628
• This content is not included.BZ - 1087833
• This content is not included.BZ - 1099025

CVEs

• CVE-2013-4237
• CVE-2013-4458

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.6_Technical_Notes/glibc.html#RHSA-2014-1391

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.