Gentoo: glibc Remote integer overflow vulnerability
Various conditions may be presented that can permit an attacker to remotelyexploit a service using this vulnerable routine in the XDR library.
Summary
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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200303-22
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FIXED VERSION : >=2.3.1-r4 (arm: >=2.2.5-r8)
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>From advisory:
"The xdrmem_getbytes() function in the XDR library provided by
Sun Microsystems contains an integer overflow. Depending on the
location and use of the vulnerable xdrmem_getbytes() routine, various
conditions may be presented that can permit an attacker to remotely
exploit a service using this vulnerable routine."
Read the full advisory at:
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
sys-libs/glibc upgrade to
glibc-2.3.1-r4 (arm: glibc-2.2.5-r8) as follows:
emerge sync
emerge glibc
emerge clean
Resolution
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PACKAGE : glibc
SUMMARY : integer overflow
DATE : 2003-03-25 08:49 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <2.3.1-r4 (arm: <2.2.5-r8)
CVE : CAN-2003-0028
Background
