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Fedora 31: 2020-4e92a61688 Medium: glibc Signed Comparison Issue

This update incorporates fixes from the upstream glibc 2.30 stable release branch, including a fix for a medium severity security vulnerability. (CVE-2020-6096). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2020-4e92a61688 2020-08-02 01:09:07.546626 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : glibc Product : Fedora 31 Version : 2.30 Release : 13.fc31 URL : Summary : The GNU libc libraries Description : The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package contains the most important sets of shared libraries: the standard C library and the standard math library. Without these two libraries, a Linux system will not function. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: This update incorporates fixes from the upstream glibc 2.30 stable release branch, including a fix for a medium severity security vulnerability. (CVE-2020-6096) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Thu Jul 16 2020 Patsy Griffin - 2.30-13 - Upload new source file for previous sync. * Thu Jul 16 2020 Patsy Griffin - 2.30-12 - Auto-sync with upstream branch release/2.30/master, commit d59630f9959b0bb8991964758ab854ff4378b20d. - arm: CVE-2020-6096: Fix multiarch memcpy for negative length [BZ #25620] - arm: CVE-2020-6096: fix memcpy and memmove for negative length [BZ #25620] - NEWS: Mention BZ 25933 fix - Fix avx2 strncmp offset compare condition check [BZ #25933] - nss_compat: internal_end*ent may clobber errno, hiding ERANGE [BZ #25976] - NEWS: Merge two bug lists in the glibc 2.30.1 section - NEWS: Mention fixes for BZ25810/25896/25902/25966 - x86-64: Use RDX_LP on __x86_shared_non_temporal_threshold [BZ #25966] - Add a C wrapper for prctl [BZ #25896] - powerpc: Rename argN to _argN in LOADARGS_N [BZ #25902] - Add C wrappers for process_vm_readv/process_vm_writev [BZ #25810] - Mark unsigned long arguments with U in more syscalls [BZ #25810] - Add a syscall test for [BZ #25810] - Add SYSCALL_ULONG_ARG_[12] to pass long to syscall [BZ #25810] - x32: Properly pass long to syscall [BZ #25810] - Add new file missed in previous hppa commit. - Fix data race in setting function descriptors during lazy binding on hppa. - stdlib: Move tst-system to tests-container - support/shell-container.c: Add builtin kill - support/shell-container.c: Add builtin exit - support/shell-container.c: Return 127 if execve fails - Add NEWS entry for CVE-2020-1751 (bug 25423) - posix: Fix system error return value [BZ #25715] - sparc: Move sigreturn stub to assembly - arm: Fix softp-fp Implies (BZ #25635) - i386: Use comdat instead of .gnu.linkonce for i386 setup pic register (BZ #20543) - Add NEWS entry for CVE-2020-1752 (bug 25414) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1820332 - CVE-2020-6096 glibc: signed comparison vulnerability in the ARMv7 memcpy function [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1820332 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-4e92a61688' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be foundat https://fedoraproject.org/security/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ . Remedies addressing a moderately severe vulnerability within glibc for Fedora 31, along with upstream enhancements, have been integrated into the latest release.. Fedora, glibc, security update, medium severity, memory issue. . Severity: Medium. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Aug 01, 2020 •Medium Fedora