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glibc: heap overflow

Package(s):

glibc

CVE #(s):

CVE-2009-5029

Created:

January 5, 2012

Updated:

February 13, 2012

Description:

From the openSUSE advisory:

Specially crafted time zone files could cause a heap overflow in glibc.

Alerts:

openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:0064-1	2012-01-05
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2012:0023-1	2012-01-05
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2012:0033-1	2012-01-05
SUSE	SUSE-SU-403	2012-01-05
Fedora	FEDORA-2012-0018	2012-01-02
Oracle	ELSA-2012-0058	2012-01-25
Red Hat	RHSA-2012:0058-01	2012-01-24
Scientific Linux	SL-glib-20120125	2012-01-25
CentOS	CESA-2012:0058	2012-01-30
Slackware	SSA:2012-041-03	2012-02-10
Slackware	SSA:2012-041-05	2012-02-10
Red Hat	RHSA-2012:0126-01	2012-02-13
Red Hat	RHSA-2012:0125-01	2012-02-13
CentOS	CESA-2012:0125	2012-02-14
CentOS	CESA-2012:0126	2012-02-14
Oracle	ELSA-2012-0125	2012-02-14
Oracle	ELSA-2012-0126	2012-02-14
Scientific Linux	SL-glib-20120214	2012-02-14
Scientific Linux	SL-glib-20120214	2012-02-14
Ubuntu	USN-1396-1	2012-03-09

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