Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for glibc. This fixes multiple weaknesses, a security issue, and multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially gain escalated privileges, by malicious users to potentially compromise a vulnerable system, and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for glibc
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47970
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DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for glibc. This fixes multiple
weaknesses, a security issue, and multiple vulnerabilities, which can
be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) and potentially gain escalated privileges, by malicious
users to potentially compromise a vulnerable system, and by malicious
people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and compromise a vulnerable
system.
For more information:
SA39900
SA43492
SA43976
SA44353
SA47064
SA47567
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
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ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2012:0125-01:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0125.html
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