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CentOS 5 : glibc (CESA-2015:1627)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85459

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated glibc packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Linux 5.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the Name Server Caching Daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.

An invalid free flaw was found in glibc's getaddrinfo() function when used with the AI_IDN flag. A remote attacker able to make an application call this function could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application. Note that this flaw only affected applications using glibc compiled with libidn support. (CVE-2013-7424)

All glibc users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected glibc packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?78556401

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85459

File Name: centos_RHSA-2015-1627.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/18/2015

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-7424

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-utils, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nscd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-common

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7424

RHSA: 2015:1627