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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-2003-334: glibc Vulnerability Assessment Details
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RHSA-2003-334: glibc |
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Check for the version of the glibc packages Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Updated glibc packages that resolve a vulnerability and address several bugs are now available. The glibc packages contain GNU libc, which provides standard system libraries. Herbert Xu reported that various applications can accept spoofed messages sent on the kernel netlink interface by other users on the local machine. This could lead to a local denial of service attack. The glibc function getifaddrs uses netlink and could therefore be vulnerable to this issue. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2003-0859 to this issue. In addition to the security issues, a number of other bugs were fixed. Users are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a patch that checks that netlink messages actually came from the kernel and patches for the various bug fixes. Solution : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-334.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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