[RHSA-2003:325-01] Updated glibc packages provide security and bug fixes
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Updated glibc packages provide security and bug fixes
Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:325-01
Issue date: 2003-11-12
Updated on: 2003-11-13
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: netlink getgrouplist
Cross references:
Obsoletes: RHSA-2003:212
CVE Names: CAN-2003-0689 CAN-2003-0859
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1. Topic:
Updated glibc packages that resolve vulnerabilities and address several bugs
are now available.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 7.1 - i386, i686
Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386, i686, ia64
Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386, i686
Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386, i686
Red Hat Linux 9 - i386, i686
3. Problem description:
The glibc packages contain GNU libc, which provides standard system libraries.
A bug in the getgrouplist function can cause a buffer overflow if
the size of the group list is too small to hold all the user's groups.
This overflow can cause segmentation faults in user applications, which may
have security implications, depending on the application in question. This
vulnerability exists only when an administrator has placed a user in a
number of groups larger than that expected by an application. Therefore,
there is no risk in instances where users are members of few groups. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned
the name CAN-2003-0689 to this issue.
Herbert Xu reported that various applications can accept spoofed messages
sent on the kernel netlink interface by other users on the local machine.
This could lead to a local denial of service attack. In Red Hat Linux 9
and later, the glibc function getifaddrs uses netlink and could therefore
be vulnerable to this issue. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0859 to this issue.
In addition to the security issues, a number of other bugs were fixed.
Users are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a
patch that checks that netlink messages actually came from the kernel, a
backported security patch for the getgroups list vulnerability, and patches
for the various bug fixes.
[Update 2003-11-13]: The packages for Red Hat Linux 9 have been updated
for compatibility with kernels not provided by Red Hat.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run the following
command at a shell prompt:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. On the i686
architecture, *.i686.rpm packages should be installed where available
rather than *.i386.rpm.
If you are unsure which architecture you are on, run the following
command at a shell prompt:
rpm -q --qf '%{arch}\n' glibc
Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs
which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated.
Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory
only contains the desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL Certificate
Errors, you need to install a version of the up2date client with an updated
certificate. The latest version of up2date is available from the Red Hat
FTP site and may also be downloaded directly from the RHN website:
https://rhn.redhat.com/help/latest-up2date.pxt
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info):
54697 - nscd locks immediately if started with -t 1 and nss_ldap is used
83973 - Wrong sort order for uk_UA locale
85994 - SIGSEGV in malloc: __morecore clobbered by perror conflict with
_IO_check_libio
86032 - trailing spaces in /etc/ld.so.conf entries are not ignored
88409 - strxfrm() overruns buffer by indexing with uninitialized value
88456 - glibc-2.3.2-27.9.i686.rpm does not rpm -Fvh properly.
88978 - locale ja_JP.EUC-JP has two undefined bytes [buffer overrun]
89448 - getaddrinfo segv - unitialized structure?
90002 - binary compatibility for '_res' broken in glibc 2.3.x
90036 - race/deadlock in fork() with signal handler.
90077 - fopen@GLIBC_2_0 corrupts memory arena by buffer overrun
90301 - Programs fail at exit if compiled with gcc and cxa_atexit
90987 - sprintf() is limited to 2^26 bytes.
91567 - setegid sets saved gid
97814 - "Incorrectly built binary which accesses errno..." message in
elf/rtld.c needs some way to be silenced.
97828 - Sudo returns segmentation fault
98966 - ldconfig automatically prepends /usr/lib and /lib to search order
101261 - getnameinfo fails to to reverse lookup on IPv6 addresses
101691 - CAN-2003-0689 Buffer overrun in getgrouplist function in initgroups.c
102709 - NPTL pthread_cond_broadcast hangs.
103727 - LD_PROFILE=libc.so.6 and sprof give seg fault
105348 - Closing socket breaks the cancellation type of current thread
107846 - locale utility is broken on big-endian 64-bit platforms
108634 - Signal handler installation races with signal, glibc-2.3.2
109904 - problems after [RHSA-2003:325-01] glibc upgrades
109918 - executable code in .data in ld.so renders system unusable for PaX users
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 7.1:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/glibc-2.2.4-33.src.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/glibc-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/glibc-common-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/glibc-devel-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/glibc-profile-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/nscd-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
i686:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i686/glibc-2.2.4-33.i686.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.2:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/glibc-2.2.4-33.src.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/glibc-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/glibc-common-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/glibc-devel-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/glibc-profile-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/nscd-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
i686:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i686/glibc-2.2.4-33.i686.rpm
ia64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/glibc-2.2.4-33.ia64.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/glibc-common-2.2.4-33.ia64.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/glibc-devel-2.2.4-33.ia64.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/glibc-profile-2.2.4-33.ia64.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/nscd-2.2.4-33.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.3:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/glibc-2.2.5-44.src.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/glibc-2.2.5-44.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/glibc-common-2.2.5-44.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/glibc-debug-2.2.5-44.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/glibc-debug-static-2.2.5-44.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/glibc-devel-2.2.5-44.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/glibc-profile-2.2.5-44.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/glibc-utils-2.2.5-44.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/nscd-2.2.5-44.i386.rpm
i686:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i686/glibc-2.2.5-44.i686.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i686/glibc-debug-2.2.5-44.i686.rpm
Red Hat Linux 8.0:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/glibc-2.3.2-4.80.8.src.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-debug-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-debug-static-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-devel-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-profile-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-utils-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/nscd-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm
i686:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i686/glibc-2.3.2-4.80.8.i686.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i686/glibc-debug-2.3.2-4.80.8.i686.rpm
Red Hat Linux 9:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7.src.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/glibc-common-2.3.2-27.9.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/glibc-debug-2.3.2-27.9.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/glibc-devel-2.3.2-27.9.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/glibc-profile-2.3.2-27.9.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/glibc-utils-2.3.2-27.9.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/nscd-2.3.2-27.9.7.i386.rpm
i686:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i686/glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7.i686.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i686/nptl-devel-2.3.2-27.9.7.i686.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
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08a9d7fdb2cc277c80f5a0e1529d7774 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/glibc-2.2.4-33.src.rpm
83d041d5a108d6a27d5bb7e465c62d45 7.1/en/os/i386/glibc-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
a99df9fce0cf177d42f611ca178a6717 7.1/en/os/i386/glibc-common-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
9848447715453548af83418087deccd4 7.1/en/os/i386/glibc-devel-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
d68a6aec30cf1e7d8fb7fc1c0b95e00d 7.1/en/os/i386/glibc-profile-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
bee8aa9dd31b75b099c9fc6c5bd3295f 7.1/en/os/i386/nscd-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
5585734c0358b3ba1f952dedbd9c443f 7.1/en/os/i686/glibc-2.2.4-33.i686.rpm
08a9d7fdb2cc277c80f5a0e1529d7774 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/glibc-2.2.4-33.src.rpm
83d041d5a108d6a27d5bb7e465c62d45 7.2/en/os/i386/glibc-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
a99df9fce0cf177d42f611ca178a6717 7.2/en/os/i386/glibc-common-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
9848447715453548af83418087deccd4 7.2/en/os/i386/glibc-devel-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
d68a6aec30cf1e7d8fb7fc1c0b95e00d 7.2/en/os/i386/glibc-profile-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
bee8aa9dd31b75b099c9fc6c5bd3295f 7.2/en/os/i386/nscd-2.2.4-33.i386.rpm
5585734c0358b3ba1f952dedbd9c443f 7.2/en/os/i686/glibc-2.2.4-33.i686.rpm
d0ded4d10fc72bfa3da24de5a7a078a0 7.2/en/os/ia64/glibc-2.2.4-33.ia64.rpm
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8a161087ca8a0262fd1cdec70a0486a6 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/glibc-2.2.5-44.src.rpm
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8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-debug-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm
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920d4bfedfb843818a38dcdfc491c6ef 9/en/os/i386/nscd-2.3.2-27.9.7.i386.rpm
b1311b31b1e2f349aaef5bba91be3caa 9/en/os/i686/glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7.i686.rpm
2d7819fa0bd582e4746e9b8ddbbceecf 9/en/os/i686/nptl-devel-2.3.2-27.9.7.i686.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is
available from https://www.redhat.com/security/keys.html
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig -v <filename>
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
md5sum <filename>
8. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0689
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0859
9. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@xxxxxxxxxx>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact.html
Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc.
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