Synopsis: Moderate: glibc security update
Issue Date: 2012-08-27
CVE Numbers: CVE-2012-3480
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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 properly.
Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to stack-based buffer overflows,
were found in glibc’s functions for converting a string to a numeric
representation (strtod(), strtof(), and strtold()). If an application used
such a function on attacker controlled input, it could cause the
application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2012-3480)
All users of glibc are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct these issues.
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SL6
x86_64
glibc-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.i686.rpm
glibc-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.x86_64.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.x86_64.rpm
i386
glibc-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.i686.rpm
glibc-common-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.i686.rpm
glibc-headers-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.i686.rpm
glibc-utils-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.i686.rpm
nscd-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.80.el6_3.5.i686.rpm
– Scientific Linux Development Team
