Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881476
Category:	CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:	CentOS Update for glibc CESA-2012:1207 centos5
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The glibc packages provide the standard C and standard math libraries used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function properly. Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to stack-based buffer overflows, were found in glibc's functions for converting a string to a numeric representation (strtod(), strtof(), and strtold()). If an application used such a function on attacker controlled input, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-3480) This update also fixes the following bug: * Previously, logic errors in various mathematical functions, including exp, exp2, expf, exp2f, pow, sin, tan, and rint, caused inconsistent results when the functions were used with the non-default rounding mode. This could also cause applications to crash in some cases. With this update, the functions now give correct results across the four different rounding modes. (BZ#839411) All users of glibc are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. Affected Software/OS: glibc on CentOS 5 Solution: Please install the updated packages. CVSS Score: 4.6 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-3480 1027374 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027374 50201 http://secunia.com/advisories/50201 50422 http://secunia.com/advisories/50422 54982 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54982 84710 http://osvdb.org/84710 FEDORA-2012-11927 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085190.html GLSA-201503-04 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04 RHSA-2012:1207 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1207.html RHSA-2012:1208 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1208.html RHSA-2012:1262 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1262.html RHSA-2012:1325 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1325.html USN-1589-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1589-1 [libc-alpha] 20120812 Fix strtod integer/buffer overflow (bug 14459) http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-08/msg00202.html [oss-security] 20120813 CVE Request -- glibc: Integer overflows, leading to stack-based buffer overflows in strto* related routines http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/4 [oss-security] 20120813 Re: CVE Request -- glibc: Integer overflows, leading to stack-based buffer overflows in strto* related routines http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/6 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14459
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