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glibc: denial of service

Package(s):glibc CVE #(s):CVE-2011-4609
Created:January 25, 2012 Updated:January 25, 2012
Description: The glibc remote procedure call implementation allows remote attackers to open large numbers of connections, causing the target application to use excessive amounts of CPU time.
Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2012:0058-01 2012-01-24
Scientific Linux SL-glib-20120125 2012-01-25
CentOS CESA-2012:0058 2012-01-30
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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