RedHat: RHSA-2018-1879:01 Moderate: glibc security and bug fix update
Summary
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):
* glibc: Buffer overflow in glob with GLOB_TILDE (CVE-2017-15670)
* glibc: Buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~
operator (CVE-2017-15804)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.10 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10
Technical Notes linked from the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
For the update to take effect, all services linked to the glibc library
must be restarted, or the system rebooted.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15670 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15804 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/6.10_release_notes/index.html https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/6.10_technical_notes/index.html
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.src.rpm
i386:
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-headers-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-utils-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
nscd-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386:
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.src.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
x86_64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.src.rpm
i386:
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-headers-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-utils-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
nscd-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
ppc64:
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc.rpm
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc64.rpm
glibc-common-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc64.rpm
nscd-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.s390.rpm
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.s390x.rpm
glibc-common-2.12-1.212.el6.s390x.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.s390.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.s390x.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.s390.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.s390x.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.s390.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.s390x.rpm
glibc-headers-2.12-1.212.el6.s390x.rpm
glibc-utils-2.12-1.212.el6.s390x.rpm
nscd-2.12-1.212.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
i386:
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
ppc64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc64.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.s390.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.s390x.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.s390.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.s390x.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.s390.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.src.rpm
i386:
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-headers-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-utils-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
nscd-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):
i386:
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm
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details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
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 impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1437147 - Fix for thread cancellation of IdM functions incorrect in rhel-6.9.
1504804 - CVE-2017-15670 glibc: Buffer overflow in glob with GLOB_TILDE
1505298 - CVE-2017-15804 glibc: Buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator