Package : glibc
Vulnerability : missing input sanitization
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2010-3847 CVE-2010-3856
Debian Bug : 600667
Ben Hawkes and Tavis Ormandy discovered that the dynamic loader in GNU
libc allows local users to gain root privileges using a crafted
LD_AUDIT environment variable.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.7-18lenny6.
For the upcoming stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been
fixed in version 2.11.2-6+squeeze1 of the eglibc package.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your glibc packages.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny
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