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ELSA-2011-0412 Important: Oracle Linux glibc security update

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ELSA-2011-0412 Important: Oracle Linux glibc security update

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

06/01/2010

Created

07/25/2018

Added

12/20/2011

Modified

04/11/2019

Description

The encode_name macro in misc/mntent_r.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.11.1 and earlier, as used by ncpmount and mount.cifs, does not properly handle newline characters in mountpoint names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (mtab corruption), or possibly modify mount options and gain privileges, via a crafted mount request.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc
oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-common
oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-headers
oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-utils
oracle-linux-upgrade-nscd

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2010-0296
46563
CVE - 2010-0296
CVE - 2011-0536
CVE - 2011-1071
CVE - 2011-1095
DSA-2058
Category I
V0029562
V0030545
2011-A-0108
2011-A-0147
OVAL12272
OVAL12853
OVAL13086
RHSA-2011:0412
RHSA-2011:0413
SUSE-SA:2010:052
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2011-April/002053.html
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