The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread
libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the Name Server
Caching Daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without
these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.
Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows,
were found in glibc’s memory allocator functions (pvalloc, valloc, and
memalign). If an application used such a function, it could cause the
application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2013-4332)
This update also fixes the following bug:
All glibc users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RedHat | 5 | s390 | glibc-devel | < 2.5-118.el5_10.2 | glibc-devel-2.5-118.el5_10.2.s390.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | ppc | glibc-debuginfo | < 2.5-118.el5_10.2 | glibc-debuginfo-2.5-118.el5_10.2.ppc.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | i686 | glibc-debuginfo | < 2.5-118.el5_10.2 | glibc-debuginfo-2.5-118.el5_10.2.i686.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | ppc | glibc-common | < 2.5-118.el5_10.2 | glibc-common-2.5-118.el5_10.2.ppc.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | i386 | glibc-debuginfo | < 2.5-118.el5_10.2 | glibc-debuginfo-2.5-118.el5_10.2.i386.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | ppc | glibc-devel | < 2.5-118.el5_10.2 | glibc-devel-2.5-118.el5_10.2.ppc.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | ia64 | glibc-debuginfo | < 2.5-118.el5_10.2 | glibc-debuginfo-2.5-118.el5_10.2.ia64.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | x86_64 | glibc-debuginfo | < 2.5-118.el5_10.2 | glibc-debuginfo-2.5-118.el5_10.2.x86_64.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | i386 | glibc-debuginfo-common | < 2.5-118.el5_10.2 | glibc-debuginfo-common-2.5-118.el5_10.2.i386.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | x86_64 | nscd | < 2.5-118.el5_10.2 | nscd-2.5-118.el5_10.2.x86_64.rpm |