An update for glibc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the name service cache daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.

Security Fix(es) :

* A stack overflow vulnerability was found in nan* functions that could cause applications, which process long strings with the nan function, to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2014-9761)

* It was found that out-of-range time values passed to the strftime() function could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. This could lead to application crash or, potentially, information disclosure.
(CVE-2015-8776)

* An integer overflow vulnerability was found in hcreate() and hcreate_r() functions which could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. This could lead to application crash or, potentially, arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2015-8778)

* A stack based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the catopen() function. An excessively long string passed to the function could cause it to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-8779)

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Integer overflow in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the size argument to the __hcreate_r function, which triggers out-of-bounds heap-memory access. (CVE-2015-8778)

According to the versions of the glibc packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A stack overflow vulnerability was found in nan*     functions that could cause applications, which process     long strings with the nan function, to crash or,     potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9761)

  - It was found that out-of-range time values passed to     the strftime() function could result in an     out-of-bounds memory access. This could lead to     application crash or, potentially, information     disclosure. (CVE-2015-8776)

  - An integer overflow vulnerability was found in     hcreate() and hcreate_r() functions which could result     in an out-of-bounds memory access. This could lead to     application crash or, potentially, arbitrary code     execution. (CVE-2015-8778)

  - A stack based buffer overflow vulnerability was found     in the catopen() function. An excessively long string     passed to the function could cause it to crash or,     potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8779)

  - It was found that the dynamic loader did not sanitize     the LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable. An attacker     could use this flaw to bypass the pointer guarding     protection on set-user-ID or set-group-ID programs to     execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user     running the application. (CVE-2015-8777)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the glibc packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - stdlib/canonicalize.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc     or libc6) 2.27 and earlier, when processing very long     pathname arguments to the realpath function, could     encounter an integer overflow on 32-bit architectures,     leading to a stack-based buffer overflow and,     potentially, arbitrary code execution.(CVE-2018-11236)

  - An integer overflow vulnerability was found in     hcreate() and hcreate_r() functions which could result     in an out-of-bounds memory access. This could lead to     application crash or, potentially, arbitrary code     execution.(CVE-2015-8778)

  - A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the way the     libresolv library performed dual A/AAAA DNS queries. A     remote attacker could create a specially crafted DNS     response which could cause libresolv to crash or,     potentially, execute code with the permissions of the     user running the library. Note: this issue is only     exposed when libresolv is called from the nss_dns NSS     service module.(CVE-2015-7547)

  - A flaw was found in the regular expression matching     routines that process multibyte character input. If an     application utilized the glibc regular expression     matching mechanism, an attacker could provide     specially-crafted input that, when processed, would     cause the application to crash.(CVE-2013-0242)

  - A flaw was found in the way memory was being allocated     on the stack for user space binaries. If heap (or     different memory region) and stack memory regions were     adjacent to each other, an attacker could use this flaw     to jump over the stack guard gap, cause controlled     memory corruption on process stack or the adjacent     memory region, and thus increase their privileges on     the system. This is glibc-side mitigation which blocks     processing of LD_LIBRARY_PATH for programs running in     secure-execution mode and reduces the number of     allocations performed by the processing of LD_AUDIT,     LD_PRELOAD, and LD_HWCAP_MASK, making successful     exploitation of this issue more     difficult.(CVE-2017-1000366)

  - The DNS stub resolver in the GNU C Library (aka glibc     or libc6) before version 2.26, when EDNS support is     enabled, will solicit large UDP responses from name     servers, potentially simplifying off-path DNS spoofing     attacks due to IP fragmentation.(CVE-2017-12132)

  - It was found that the files back end of Name Service     Switch (NSS) did not isolate iteration over an entire     database from key-based look-up API calls. An     application performing look-ups on a database while     iterating over it could enter an infinite loop, leading     to a denial of service.(CVE-2014-8121)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function     in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in the GNU C Library     (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (crash) via vectors involving hostent     conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of     an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458.(CVE-2016-3706)

  - In glibc 2.26 and earlier there is confusion in the     usage of getcwd() by realpath() which can be used to     write before the destination buffer leading to a buffer     underflow and potential code     execution.(CVE-2018-1000001)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in string/strcoll_l.c in     the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier     allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of     service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via     a long string that triggers a malloc failure and use of     the alloca function.(CVE-2012-4424)

  - It was found that the dynamic loader did not sanitize     the LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable. An attacker     could use this flaw to bypass the pointer guarding     protection on set-user-ID or set-group-ID programs to     execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user     running the application.(CVE-2015-8777)

  - The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka     glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains a buffer overflow     during unescaping of user names with the ~     operator.(CVE-2017-15804)

  - res_query in libresolv in glibc before 2.25 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL     pointer dereference and process crash).(CVE-2015-5180)

  - pt_chown in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before     2.18 does not properly check permissions for tty files,     which allows local users to change the permission on     the files and obtain access to arbitrary     pseudo-terminals by leveraging a FUSE file     system.(CVE-2013-2207)

  - A stack overflow flaw was found in glibc's swscanf()     function. An attacker able to make an application call     the swscanf() function could use this flaw to crash     that application or, potentially, execute arbitrary     code with the permissions of the user running the     application.(CVE-2015-1473)

  - It was found that getaddrinfo() did not limit the     amount of stack memory used during name resolution. An     attacker able to make an application resolve an     attacker-controlled hostname or IP address could     possibly cause the application to exhaust all stack     memory and crash.(CVE-2013-4458)

  - A heap-based buffer overflow was found in glibc's
    __nss_hostname_digits_dots() function, which is used by     the gethostbyname() and gethostbyname2() glibc function     calls. A remote attacker able to make an application     call either of these functions could use this flaw to     execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user     running the application.(CVE-2015-0235)

  - Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based     buffer overflows, were found in glibc's memory     allocator functions (pvalloc, valloc, and memalign). If     an application used such a function, it could cause the     application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary     code with the privileges of the user running the     application.(CVE-2013-4332)

  - An integer overflow in the implementation of the     posix_memalign in memalign functions in the GNU C     Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.26 and earlier could     cause these functions to return a pointer to a heap     area that is too small, potentially leading to heap     corruption.(CVE-2018-6485)

  - A stack based buffer overflow vulnerability was found     in the catopen() function. An excessively long string     passed to the function could cause it to crash or,     potentially, execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2015-8779)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:0680 advisory.

    The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard     math libraries (libm), and the name service cache daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system.
    Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.

    Security Fix(es):

    * A stack overflow vulnerability was found in nan* functions that could cause applications, which process     long strings with the nan function, to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9761)

    * It was found that out-of-range time values passed to the strftime() function could result in an out-of-     bounds memory access. This could lead to application crash or, potentially, information disclosure.
    (CVE-2015-8776)

    * An integer overflow vulnerability was found in hcreate() and hcreate_r() functions which could result in     an out-of-bounds memory access. This could lead to application crash or, potentially, arbitrary code     execution. (CVE-2015-8778)

    * A stack based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the catopen() function. An excessively long     string passed to the function could cause it to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2015-8779)

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes     and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201602-02 (GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
97958	CentOS 6 : glibc (CESA-2017:0680)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	3/27/2017	12/29/2025	critical
90411	F5 Networks BIG-IP : glibc vulnerability (K51079478)	Nessus	F5 Networks Local Security Checks	4/8/2016	3/9/2020	critical
103057	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2017-1199)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	9/11/2017	11/24/2025	critical
125004	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2019-1551)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	5/14/2019	5/20/2022	critical
97881	RHEL 6 : glibc (RHSA-2017:0680)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	3/22/2017	12/29/2025	critical
88822	GLSA-201602-02 : GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	2/18/2016	6/18/2024	critical

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