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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Red Hat Local Security Checks >> RHSA-2003-090: glibc Vulnerability Assessment Details
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RHSA-2003-090: glibc |
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Check for the version of the glibc packages Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Updated glibc packages are available to fix an integer overflow in the XDR decoder. The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by multiple programs on the system. Sun RPC is a remote procedure call framework which permits clients to invoke procedures in a server process over a network. XDR is a mechanism for encoding data structures for use with RPC. NFS, NIS, and many other network services are built upon Sun RPC. The XDR encoder/decoder provided with glibc, derived from Sun's RPC implementation, was demonstrated to be vulnerable to an integer overflow. An integer overflow is present in the xdrmem_getbytes() function of glibc 2.3.1 and earlier. Depending upon the application, this vulnerability could cause buffer overflows and may be exploitable, leading to arbitrary code execution. All users should upgrade to these errata packages which contain patches to the glibc libraries and, therefore, are not vulnerable to these issues. Red Hat would like to thank eEye Digital Security for alerting us to this issue. Solution : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-090.html Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security |
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