Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 15:19:48 +0100
From: Trustix Secure Linux Advisor <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]Subject: TSLSA-2001-0029 - glibc
Cc: [email protected]
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Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2001-0029
Package name: glibc
Severity: Buffer overflow
Date: 2001-12-19
Affected versions: TSL 1.01, 1.1, 1.2, 1.5
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Problem description:
There is a problem in the glob(3) function of the Glibc library which
allows for exploitation of programs that pass user supplied input
directly to it.
Action:
We recommend that all systems with this package installed are upgraded.
Location:
All TSL updates are available from
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>;
<URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>;
Automatic updates:
Users of the SWUP tool, can enjoy having updates automatically
installed using 'swup --upgrade'.
Get SWUP from:
<URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/software/swup/>;
Questions?
Check out our mailing lists:
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/support/>;
Verification:
This advisory along with all TSL packages are signed with the TSL sign key.
This key available from:
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/TSL-GPG-KEY>;
The advisory itself is available from the errata pages at
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.2/>; and
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.5/>;
or directly at
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2001/TSL-2001-0029-glibc.asc.txt>;
MD5sums of the packages:
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b09da93d8c0aaa3ea05f96eac0670f4b ./1.5/SRPMS/glibc-2.1.3-16tr.src.rpm
066333d08effaf470bd34d7eed678bc0 ./1.5/RPMS/glibc-profile-2.1.3-16tr.i586.rpm
9978d2532b03f429b7d60608d7998416 ./1.5/RPMS/glibc-devel-2.1.3-16tr.i586.rpm
24bfe2e19232744126c321534a120aa5 ./1.5/RPMS/glibc-2.1.3-16tr.i586.rpm
b09da93d8c0aaa3ea05f96eac0670f4b ./1.2/SRPMS/glibc-2.1.3-16tr.src.rpm
e1b3655cb6f93f5c9e20a233f3872a1e ./1.2/RPMS/glibc-profile-2.1.3-16tr.i586.rpm
91ab7db274ed981e88c75f76debb8a97 ./1.2/RPMS/glibc-devel-2.1.3-16tr.i586.rpm
152ebaee28c79a11205e80f2dd7335cd ./1.2/RPMS/glibc-2.1.3-16tr.i586.rpm
b09da93d8c0aaa3ea05f96eac0670f4b ./1.1/SRPMS/glibc-2.1.3-16tr.src.rpm
185918341e54d62746496b46abfc87b2 ./1.1/RPMS/glibc-profile-2.1.3-16tr.i586.rpm
4e4c5f29e794e040eb55ad04c20d7d63 ./1.1/RPMS/glibc-devel-2.1.3-16tr.i586.rpm
9f3bddc70339a87f5f47bf8ac04ef253 ./1.1/RPMS/glibc-2.1.3-16tr.i586.rpm
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Trustix Security Team
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