Mageia alert MGASA-2016-0206 (glibc)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2016-0206: Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities 
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Tue, 24 May 2016 00:01:27 +0200
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MGASA-2016-0206 - Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 23 May 2016
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0206.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5
CVE: CVE-2016-1234,
     CVE-2016-3075,
     CVE-2016-3706

Description:
Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities:

It was found that glob implementation in glibc does not correctly handle
overlong names in struct dirent buffers when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, causing
large stack-based buffer overflow with controlled length and content
(CVE-2016-1234).

A stack overflow vulnerability (unbounded allocation) in
_nss_dns_getnetbyname_r function was found (CVE-2016-3075).

stack (frame) overflow in getaddrinfo() when called with AF_INET, AF_INET6
(incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458) (CVE-2016-3706).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18440
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1234
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3075
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3706

SRPMS:
- 5/core/glibc-2.20-22.mga5