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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: glibc security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2011:0412-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0412.html
Issue date:        2011-04-04
CVE Names:         CVE-2010-0296 CVE-2011-0536 CVE-2011-1071 
                   CVE-2011-1095 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

Updated glibc packages that fix multiple security issues are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important 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.

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 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.

The fix for CVE-2010-3847 introduced a regression in the way the dynamic
loader expanded the $ORIGIN dynamic string token specified in the RPATH and
RUNPATH entries in the ELF library header. A local attacker could use this
flaw to escalate their privileges via a setuid or setgid program using
such a library. (CVE-2011-0536)

It was discovered that the glibc addmntent() function did not sanitize its
input properly. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to inject
malformed lines into /etc/mtab via certain setuid mount helpers, if the
attacker were allowed to mount to an arbitrary directory under their
control. (CVE-2010-0296)

It was discovered that the glibc fnmatch() function did not properly
restrict the use of alloca(). If the function was called on sufficiently
large inputs, it could cause an application using fnmatch() to crash or,
possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application.
(CVE-2011-1071)

It was discovered that the locale command did not produce properly escaped
output as required by the POSIX specification. If an attacker were able to
set the locale environment variables in the environment of a script that
performed shell evaluation on the output of the locale command, and that
script were run with different privileges than the attacker's, it could
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the script. (CVE-2011-1095)

All users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches to correct these issues.

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/kb/docs/DOC-11259

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

559579 - CVE-2010-0296 glibc: Improper encoding of names with certain special character in utilities for writing to mtab table
625893 - CVE-2011-1095 glibc: insufficient quoting in the locale command output
667974 - CVE-2011-0536 glibc: CVE-2010-3847 fix causes linker to search CWD when running privileged program with $ORIGIN in R*PATH
681054 - CVE-2011-1071 glibc: fnmatch() alloca()-based memory corruption flaw
682991 - iconv regression

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i686.rpm
glibc-common-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-devel-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-headers-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-utils-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
nscd-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm

x86_64:
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i686.rpm
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-devel-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-devel-2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

Source:

i386:
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i686.rpm
glibc-common-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-devel-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-headers-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-utils-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
nscd-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm

ia64:
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i686.rpm
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ia64.rpm
glibc-common-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ia64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ia64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ia64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ia64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ia64.rpm
nscd-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ia64.rpm

ppc:
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc.rpm
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc64.rpm
glibc-common-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc.rpm
glibc-devel-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc.rpm
glibc-utils-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc.rpm
nscd-2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc.rpm

s390x:
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390.rpm
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390x.rpm
glibc-common-2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390x.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390x.rpm
glibc-devel-2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390.rpm
glibc-devel-2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390x.rpm
glibc-headers-2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390x.rpm
glibc-utils-2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390x.rpm
nscd-2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i686.rpm
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-devel-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386.rpm
glibc-devel-2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and 
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0296
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0536
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1071
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1095
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

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