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Ubuntu alert USN-1589-1 (eglibc, glibc)
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1589-1 October 02, 2012 eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Summary: Multiple security issues were fixed in the GNU C Library. Software Description: - eglibc: GNU C Library - glibc: GNU C Library Details: It was discovered that positional arguments to the printf() family of functions were not handled properly in the GNU C Library. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a stack-based buffer overflow, creating a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-3404, CVE-2012-3405, CVE-2012-3406) It was discovered that multiple integer overflows existed in the strtod(), strtof() and strtold() functions in the GNU C Library. An attacker could possibly use this to trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, creating a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-3480) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10.2 Ubuntu 11.10: libc6 2.13-20ubuntu5.2 Ubuntu 11.04: libc6 2.13-0ubuntu13.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libc6 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.11 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libc6 2.7-10ubuntu8.2 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1589-1 CVE-2012-3404, CVE-2012-3405, CVE-2012-3406, CVE-2012-3480 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.15-0ubuntu10.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.13-20ubuntu5.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.13-0ubuntu13.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.11.1-0ubunt... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/2.7-10ubuntu8.2 -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security... (Log in to post comments)
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