Fedora 27: glibc Security Update
Summary
The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by
multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and
memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is
kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package
contains the most important sets of shared libraries: the standard C
library and the standard math library. Without these two libraries, a
Linux system will not function.
This update fixes minor security bugs (CVE-2017-17426, CVE-2017-15804), contains
single-threaded optimizations for `malloc`, and increases compatibility with IBM
POWER 9 hardware.
[ 1 ] Bug #1505298 - CVE-2017-15804 glibc: Buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1505298
[ 2 ] Bug #1524530 - CVE-2017-17426 glibc: Integer overflow with enabled tcache
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524530
su -c 'dnf upgrade glibc' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html
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FEDORA-2017-fb5e227432 2017-12-19 18:22:41.465710 Product : Fedora 27 Version : 2.26 Release : 20.fc27 URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/glibc/ Summary : The GNU libc libraries Description : The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package contains the most important sets of shared libraries: the standard C library and the standard math library. Without these two libraries, a Linux system will not function. This update fixes minor security bugs (CVE-2017-17426, CVE-2017-15804), contains single-threaded optimizations for `malloc`, and increases compatibility with IBM POWER 9 hardware. [ 1 ] Bug #1505298 - CVE-2017-15804 glibc: Buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1505298 [ 2 ] Bug #1524530 - CVE-2017-17426 glibc: Integer overflow with enabled tcache https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524530 su -c 'dnf upgrade glibc' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org
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