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[USN-1589-2] GNU C Library regression

Posted on 17 December 2012
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1589-2
December 17, 2012

glibc regression
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Summary:

USN-1589-1 exposed a regression in the GNU C Library floating point parse=
r.

Software Description:
- glibc: GNU C Library

Details:

USN-1589-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the GNU C Library. One of the updates=

exposed a regression in the floating point parser. This update fixes the
problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that positional arguments to the printf() family
of functions were not handled properly in the GNU C Library. An
attacker could possibly use this to cause a stack-based buffer
overflow, creating a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2012-3404, CVE-2012-3405, CVE-2012-3406)
It was discovered that multiple integer overflows existed in the
strtod(), strtof() and strtold() functions in the GNU C Library. An
attacker could possibly use this to trigger a stack-based buffer
overflow, creating a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2012-3480)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libc6 2.7-10ubuntu8.3

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1589-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1589-1
CVE-2012-3480

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/2.7-10ubuntu8.3



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