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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.123030
Category:Oracle Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2015-1627)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the ELSA-2015-1627 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the ELSA-2015-1627 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
[2.5-123.0.1.el5_11.3]
- Switch to use malloc when the input line is too long [Orabug 19951108] (Jason Luan)
- Use a /sys/devices/system/cpu/online for _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN implementation [Orabug 17642251] (Joe Jin)

[2.5-123.3]
- Fix invalid-free when using getaddrinfo() and AI_IDN (CVE-2013-7424,

[2.5-123.1]
- Fix parsing of numeric hosts in gethostbyname_r (CVE-2015-0235, #1183532).

Affected Software/OS:
'glibc' package(s) on Oracle Linux 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-7424
BugTraq ID: 72710
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72710
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1627
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1627.html
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