- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201602-02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: February 17, 2016 Bugs: #516884, #517082, #521932, #529982, #532874, #538090, #538814, #540070, #541246, #541542, #547296, #552692, #574880 ID: 201602-02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the GNU C library, the worst allowing for remote execution of arbitrary code. Background ========== The GNU C library is the standard C library used by Gentoo Linux systems. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-libs/glibc < 2.21-r2 >= 2.21-r2 Description =========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the GNU C Library: * The Google Security Team and Red Hat discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the send_dg() and send_vc() functions due to a buffer mismanagement when getaddrinfo() is called with AF_UNSPEC (CVE-2015-7547). * The strftime() function access invalid memory when passed out-of-range data, resulting in a crash (CVE-2015-8776). * An integer overflow was found in the __hcreate_r() function (CVE-2015-8778). * Multiple unbounded stack allocations were found in the catopen() function (CVE-2015-8779). Please review the CVEs referenced below for additional vulnerabilities that had already been fixed in previous versions of sys-libs/glibc, for which we have not issued a GLSA before. Impact ====== A remote attacker could exploit any application which performs host name resolution using getaddrinfo() in order to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. The other vulnerabilities can possibly be exploited to cause a Denial of Service or leak information. Workaround ========== A number of mitigating factors for CVE-2015-7547 have been identified. Please review the upstream advisory and references below. Resolution ========== All GNU C Library users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/glibc-2.21-r2" It is important to ensure that no running process uses the old glibc anymore. The easiest way to achieve that is by rebooting the machine after updating the sys-libs/glibc package. Note: Should you run into compilation failures while updating, please see bug 574948. References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2013-7423 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7423 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-0475 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0475 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-0475 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0475 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-5119 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5119 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-6040 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6040 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-7817 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7817 [ 7 ] CVE-2014-8121 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8121 [ 8 ] CVE-2014-9402 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9402 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-1472 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1472 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-1781 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1781 [ 11 ] CVE-2015-7547 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7547 [ 12 ] CVE-2015-8776 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8776 [ 13 ] CVE-2015-8778 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8778 [ 14 ] CVE-2015-8779 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8779 [ 15 ] Google Online Security Blog: "CVE-2015-7547: glibc getaddrinfo stack-based buffer overflow" https://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.de/2016/02/cve-2015-7547-glibc-geta= ddrinfo-stack.html Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5