Oracle alert ELSA-2012-0125 (glibc)

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[El-errata] ELSA-2012-0125 Moderate: Oracle Linux 4 glibc security
 and bug fix update 
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Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:24:37 -0800
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Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2012-0125

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0125.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 4 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.i386.rpm
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.i686.rpm
glibc-common-2.3.4-2.57.i386.rpm
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.57.i386.rpm
glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.57.i386.rpm
glibc-profile-2.3.4-2.57.i386.rpm
glibc-utils-2.3.4-2.57.i386.rpm
nptl-devel-2.3.4-2.57.i386.rpm
nptl-devel-2.3.4-2.57.i686.rpm
nscd-2.3.4-2.57.i386.rpm

x86_64:
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.i686.rpm
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.3.4-2.57.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.57.i386.rpm
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.57.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.57.x86_64.rpm
glibc-profile-2.3.4-2.57.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.3.4-2.57.x86_64.rpm
nptl-devel-2.3.4-2.57.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.3.4-2.57.x86_64.rpm

ia64:
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.i686.rpm
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.ia64.rpm
glibc-common-2.3.4-2.57.ia64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.57.ia64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.57.ia64.rpm
glibc-profile-2.3.4-2.57.ia64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.3.4-2.57.ia64.rpm
nptl-devel-2.3.4-2.57.ia64.rpm
nscd-2.3.4-2.57.ia64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el4/SRPMS-updates/glibc-2.3.4-2.57....


Description of changes:

[2.3.4-2.57]
- Use malloc as needed in fnmatch (#769360)

[2.3.4-2.56]
- Fix handling if newline in addmntent (#769360)
- Use correct type when casting d_tag (#769360).
- Properly quite output of local (#769360)
- Check size of pattern in wide character representation in fnmatch 
(#769360)
- Report write error  in addmnt even for cached streams (#769360)
- ldd: Never run file directly (#769360).
- Check values from TZ file header (#767685)
- Workaround misconfigured system (#767685)

[2.3.4-2.55]
- Require exact glibc version in nscd (#657009)



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