Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51041
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2004:383
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2004:383. The GNU libc packages (known as glibc) contain the standard C libraries used by applications. A security audit of the glibc packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 found a flaw in the resolver library which was originally reported as affecting versions of ISC BIND 4.9. This flaw also applied to glibc versions before 2.3.2. An attacker who is able to send DNS responses (perhaps by creating a malicious DNS server) could remotely exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2002-0029 to this issue. These updated packages also fix a dlclose function bug on certain shared libraries, which caused program crashes. All users of glibc should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues. 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-2004-383.html http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/844360 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.5
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 6186 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-0029 http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2002/Nov/msg00000.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6186 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-31.html CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#844360 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/844360 NETBSD Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2002-028 ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-028.txt.asc SGI Security Advisory: 20021201-01-P ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021201-01-P http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10624.php
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