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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : GNU C Library regression (USN-2985-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91341

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2985-2 advisory.

 USN-2985-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the GNU C Library. The fix for CVE-2014-9761 introduced a regression which affected applications that use the libm library but were not fully restarted after the upgrade. This update removes the fix for CVE-2014-9761 and a future update will be provided to address this issue.

 We apologize for the inconvenience.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2985-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91341

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2985-2.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/27/2016

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

Risk Information

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-armel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nscd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-prof, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev-armel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:multiarch-support, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-i386, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-x32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc-bin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-amd64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev-i386, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-pic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-ppc64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev-ppc64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc-dev-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss-dns-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss-files-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev-amd64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libc6-dev-x32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:eglibc-source

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2013

Reference Information

USN: 2985-2