| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'eglibc' package(s) announced via the USN-1991-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the strcoll()
function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-4412, CVE-2012-4424)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled multibyte
characters in the regular expression matcher. An attacker could use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-0242)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled large numbers
of domain conversion results in the getaddrinfo() function. An attacker
could use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-1914)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library readdir_r() function incorrectly
handled crafted NTFS or CIFS images. An attacker could use this issue to
cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2013-4237)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled memory
allocation. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2013-4332)
Affected Software/OS:
'eglibc' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
7.5
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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