USN-2485-1: GNU C Library vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2485-1

27th January, 2015

eglibc vulnerability

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

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary

The GNU C Library could be made to crash or run programs.

Software description

• eglibc - GNU C Library

Details

It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the gethostbyname

and gethostbyname2 functions in the GNU C Library. An attacker could

use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause an application crash,

resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10.10

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

libc6 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.20

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make

all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2015-0235

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/1zqTjvk