Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71964
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2012-041-03)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the SSA:2012-041-03 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the SSA:2012-041-03 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New glibc packages are available for Slackware 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/glibc-2.13-i486-5_slack13.37.txz: Rebuilt. Patched an overflow in tzfile. This was evidently first reported in 2009, but is only now getting around to being patched. To exploit it, one must be able to write beneath /usr/share/zoneinfo, which is usually not possible for a normal user, but may be in the case where they are chroot()ed to a directory that they own. For more information, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) patches/packages/glibc-i18n-2.13-i486-5_slack13.37.txz: Rebuilt. patches/packages/glibc-profile-2.13-i486-5_slack13.37.txz: Rebuilt. (* Security fix *) patches/packages/glibc-solibs-2.13-i486-5_slack13.37.txz: Rebuilt. (* Security fix *) patches/packages/glibc-zoneinfo-2.13-noarch-5_slack13.37.txz: Rebuilt. +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'glibc' package(s) on Slackware 13.1, Slackware 13.37, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-5029 20111203 VSFTPD Remote Heap Overrun (low severity) http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2011-December/084452.html [libc-alpha] 20111215 integer overflow to heap overrun exploit in glibc http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2011-12/msg00037.html http://dividead.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/glibc-timezone-integer-overflow/ http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97ac2654b2d831acaa18a2b018b0736245903fd2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761245
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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