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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70477
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2011:1526
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2011:1526.

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.

A flaw was found in the way the ldd utility identified dynamically linked
libraries. If an attacker could trick a user into running ldd on a
malicious binary, it could result in arbitrary code execution with the
privileges of the user running ldd. (CVE-2009-5064)

It was found that the glibc addmntent() function, used by various mount
helper utilities, did not handle certain errors correctly when updating the
mtab (mounted file systems table) file. If such utilities had the setuid
bit set, a local attacker could use this flaw to corrupt the mtab file.
(CVE-2011-1089)

Red Hat would like to thank Dan Rosenberg for reporting the CVE-2011-1089
issue.

This update also fixes several bugs and adds various enhancements.
Documentation for these bug fixes and enhancements will be available
shortly from the Technical Notes document, linked to in the References
section.

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated glibc packages, which contain
backported patches to resolve these issues and add these enhancements.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1526.html

Risk factor : Low

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-5064
http://reverse.lostrealm.com/protect/ldd.html
http://www.catonmat.net/blog/ldd-arbitrary-code-execution/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=531160
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682998
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/10
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/13
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/10
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/3
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/7
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1526.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1089
46740
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46740
MDVSA-2011:178
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
MDVSA-2011:179
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179
RHSA-2011:1526
[oss-security] 20110303 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
[oss-security] 20110303 Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
[oss-security] 20110304 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
[oss-security] 20110305 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
[oss-security] 20110307 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
[oss-security] 20110314 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
[oss-security] 20110315 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
[oss-security] 20110322 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
[oss-security] 20110331 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
[oss-security] 20110401 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12625
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980
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