RHEL 4 : glibc (RHSA-2012:0125)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57928

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for glibc.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0125 advisory.

- glibc: __tzfile_read integer overflow to buffer overflow (CVE-2009-5029)

- glibc: ldd unexpected code execution issue (CVE-2009-5064)

- glibc: Improper encoding of names with certain special character in utilities for writing to mtab table (CVE-2010-0296)

- glibc: ld.so d_tag signedness error in elf_get_dynamic_info (CVE-2010-0830)

- glibc: fnmatch() alloca()-based memory corruption flaw (CVE-2011-1071, CVE-2011-1659)

- glibc: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE (CVE-2011-1089)

- glibc: insufficient quoting in the locale command output (CVE-2011-1095)

- glibc: svc_run() produces high cpu usage when accept() fails with EMFILE error (CVE-2011-4609)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL glibc package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:0125.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c07885f0

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0125

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559579

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599056

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625893

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657009

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692393

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761245

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767299

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57928

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0125.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/14/2012

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-0296

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4609

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nptl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nscd, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-5029, CVE-2009-5064, CVE-2010-0296, CVE-2010-0830, CVE-2011-1071, CVE-2011-1089, CVE-2011-1095, CVE-2011-1659, CVE-2011-4609

BID: 40063, 46563, 46740, 47370, 50898, 51439

CWE: 190

RHSA: 2012:0125