Date:         Mon, 3 Nov 2014 17:54:45 +0000
Reply-To:     scientific-linux-users@listserv.fnal.gov
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Pat Riehecky 
Subject:      Security ERRATA Moderate: glibc on SL6.x i386/x86_64
MIME-Version: 1.0

Synopsis:          Moderate: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2014:1391-2
Issue Date:        2014-10-14
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2013-4237
                   CVE-2013-4458
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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)
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SL6
  x86_64
    glibc-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
    glibc-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
    glibc-common-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
    glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
    glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
    glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
    glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
    glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
    glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
    glibc-headers-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
    glibc-utils-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
    nscd-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
    glibc-static-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
    glibc-static-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    glibc-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
    glibc-common-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
    glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
    glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
    glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
    glibc-headers-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
    glibc-utils-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
    nscd-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm
    glibc-static-2.12-1.149.el6.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: CVE-2013-4237 Moderate: glibc SL6.x i386/x86_64

Moderate: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Summary

Moderate: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update



Security Fixes

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2014:1391-2
Issued Date: : 2014-10-14
CVE Numbers: CVE-2013-4237
CVE-2013-4458