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Fedora 26 : glibc (2017-2c63df4fe3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104150

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update addresses various minor issues in the glibc package :

 - The DNS stub resolver now picks up changes to `/etc/resolv.conf` automatically (RHBZ#1374239).

 - The DNS stub resolver supports an unlimited number of search domains (RHBZ#168253).

 - CVE-2015-5180, a segmentation fault potentially affecting applications which use the DNS stub resolver in an unusual way, has been fixed (RHBZ#1251403).

 - `/var/db/Makefile` is now shipped in the `nss_db` package (RHBZ#1498900).

 - The IBM858 character set is now supported (RHBZ#1416405).

 - The `compat` NSS service module is again part of the main glibc package (RHBZ#1400538).

 - A pointer alignment/endianess issue was fixed in the NSS group merging implementation (RHBZ#1471985).

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

Solution

Update the affected glibc package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-2c63df4fe3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104150

File Name: fedora_2017-2c63df4fe3.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/26/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:glibc, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5180