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ELSA-2012-0058 Moderate: Oracle Linux glibc security and bug fix update

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ELSA-2012-0058 Moderate: Oracle Linux glibc security and bug fix update

Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

01/25/2012

Created

07/25/2018

Added

02/03/2012

Modified

07/04/2017

Description

Integer overflow in the __tzfile_read function in glibc before 2.15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted timezone (TZ) file, as demonstrated using vsftpd.

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-static
oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-utils
oracle-linux-upgrade-nscd

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2009-5029
CVE - 2009-5029
CVE - 2011-4609
Category I
V0033794
2012-A-0148
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2012-January/002568.html

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