RedHat: RHSA-2014-2023:01 Moderate: glibc security and bug fix update
Summary
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.
It was found that the wordexp() function would perform command substitution
even when the WRDE_NOCMD flag was specified. An attacker able to provide
specially crafted input to an application using the wordexp() function, and
not sanitizing the input correctly, could potentially use this flaw to
execute arbitrary commands with the credentials of the user running that
application. (CVE-2014-7817)
This issue was discovered by Tim Waugh of the Red Hat Developer Experience
Team.
This update also fixes the following bug:
* Prior to this update, if a file stream that was opened in append mode and
its underlying file descriptor were used at the same time and the file was
truncated using the ftruncate() function on the file descriptor, a
subsequent ftell() call on the stream incorrectly modified the file offset
by seeking to the new end of the file. This update ensures that ftell()
modifies the state of the file stream only when it is in append mode and
its buffer is not empty. As a result, the described incorrect changes to
the file offset no longer occur. (BZ#1170187)
All glibc users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.
Summary
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/knowledge/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7817 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.src.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.src.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.src.rpm
ppc64:
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc.rpm
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc64.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc64.rpm
nscd-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390.rpm
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390x.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390x.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390x.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390x.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390x.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390x.rpm
glibc-utils-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390x.rpm
nscd-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
ppc64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc64.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-55.el7_0.3.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390x.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390x.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-55.el7_0.3.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.src.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-55.el7_0.3.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
Updated glibc packages that fix one security issue and one bug are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1157689 - CVE-2014-7817 glibc: command execution in wordexp() with WRDE_NOCMD specified
1170187 - Problems when using ftruncate on files opened in append mode