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TITLE:
Ubuntu update for glibc and eglibc

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39900

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-05-27

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DESCRIPTION:
Ubuntu has issued an update for glibc and eglibc. This fixes some
weaknesses and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious,
local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially gain
escalated privileges and by malicious people to potentially
compromise a vulnerable system.

1) Integer overflows in the libc "strfmon()" function can be
exploited to cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code via
specially crafted format specifiers.

2) The mntent function family does not correctly handle newlines
characters. This can be exploited to e.g. cause a DoS or gain
escalated privileges, but requires that an attacker can inject
newline characters into a mount entry (e.g. via vulnerable mount
helpers).

3) A signedness error when processing certain ELF headers can be
exploited to e.g. execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted ELF
file.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits:
1) Maksymilian Arciemowicz
2) Jeff Layton and Dan Rosenberg
3) Dan Rosenberg

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
USN-944-1:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2010-May/001096.html

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