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RHEL 2.1 : glibc (RHSA-2004:383)

high Nessus Plugin ID 14212

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated glibc packages that fix a security flaw in the resolver as well as dlclose handling are now available.

The GNU libc packages (known as glibc) contain the standard C libraries used by applications.

A security audit of the glibc packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 found a flaw in the resolver library which was originally reported as affecting versions of ISC BIND 4.9. This flaw also applied to glibc versions before 2.3.2. An attacker who is able to send DNS responses (perhaps by creating a malicious DNS server) could remotely exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2002-0029 to this issue.

These updated packages also fix a dlclose function bug on certain shared libraries, which caused program crashes.

All users of glibc should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2002-0029

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:383

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14212

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-383.nasl

Version: 1.34

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/5/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nscd, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0029

CERT: 844360

RHSA: 2004:383