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Mandriva: Subject: [Security Announce] [ MDVA-2009:116 ] glibc Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake New glibc release to fix some issues found in glibc 2.8 present in Mandriva 2009.0: - ulimit(UL_SETFSIZE) does not return the integer part of the new file size limit divided by 512 (http://linuxtesting.org/results/report?num=S0167, Mandriva bug #51685) - When including pthread.h and using pthread_cleanup_pop or pthread_cleanup_pop_restore_np macros, a compiler warning is issued or build error happens if -Werror is used (http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7056, Mandriva bug #49142)
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Mandriva Linux Advisory                                   MDVA-2009:116
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package : glibc
 Date    : June 18, 2009
 Affected: 2009.0
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 New glibc release to fix some issues found in glibc 2.8 present in
 Mandriva 2009.0:
 
 - ulimit(UL_SETFSIZE) does not return the integer
 part of the new file size limit divided by 512
 (http://linuxtesting.org/results/report?num=S0167, Mandriva bug #51685)
 
 - When including pthread.h and using pthread_cleanup_pop
 or pthread_cleanup_pop_restore_np macros, a compiler
 warning is issued or build error happens if -Werror is used
 (http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7056, Mandriva
 bug #49142)
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:

 https://qa.mandriva.com/51698
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Updated Packages:

 Mandriva Linux 2009.0:
 a0368c38434b53ee1719ff33ef84ef15  2009.0/i586/glibc-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.i586.rpm
 d072c26a1d3d29fd98ca324058714794  2009.0/i586/glibc-devel-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.i586.rpm
 0be4eb329f8ce34f44071746a4a7d760  2009.0/i586/glibc-doc-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.i586.rpm
 e9ca142776de1fa497c3b8a4fac51f3b  2009.0/i586/glibc-doc-pdf-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.i586.rpm
 63f7555d67181c121ff56cfbc20732c9  2009.0/i586/glibc-i18ndata-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.i586.rpm
 865213abe5a0adf015852b56c8e85e8b  2009.0/i586/glibc-profile-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.i586.rpm
 abdd8e5e975376c23c7212128630d4d5  2009.0/i586/glibc-static-devel-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.i586.rpm
 990e83368051b05b44e826245f84fb39  2009.0/i586/glibc-utils-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.i586.rpm
 c68d14e43c3129c09f4e65b7a1045a9f  2009.0/i586/nscd-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.i586.rpm 
 ff6d074a853731ddbd13febb57966763  2009.0/SRPMS/glibc-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64:
 fd1daf8e89220a32f8928a16c5ce86bf  2009.0/x86_64/glibc-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.x86_64.rpm
 7a673a8e2c8e5d9acf79a22097f5c9c6  2009.0/x86_64/glibc-devel-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.x86_64.rpm
 11bc7cd2cba8407517dbd4cc233cc73b  2009.0/x86_64/glibc-doc-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.x86_64.rpm
 20ffcc412d360320cc72f3f70d48edb3  2009.0/x86_64/glibc-doc-pdf-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.x86_64.rpm
 c79f724c9a9a4dedcd26571393391c8e  2009.0/x86_64/glibc-i18ndata-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.x86_64.rpm
 b3a3613603c95e2468e4b2dea7b98b1d  2009.0/x86_64/glibc-profile-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.x86_64.rpm
 9c1624d24c10c3bb17e4ab0a011cad4a  2009.0/x86_64/glibc-static-devel-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.x86_64.rpm
 264f02f64375a592df4ed7b5e3b97e6c  2009.0/x86_64/glibc-utils-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.x86_64.rpm
 0f2a83b3c54a972bdd90651e598e86eb  2009.0/x86_64/nscd-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.x86_64.rpm 
 ff6d074a853731ddbd13febb57966763  2009.0/SRPMS/glibc-2.8-1.20080520.5.4mnb2.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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