Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871484
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for glibc RHSA-2015:2172-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the Name Server Caching Daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly. It was discovered that the nss_files backend for the Name Service Switch in glibc would return incorrect data to applications or corrupt the heap (depending on adjacent heap contents) in certain cases. A local attacker could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2015-5277) This issue was discovered by Sumit Bose and Luk Slebodnk of Red Hat. All glibc users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Affected Software/OS: glibc on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-5277 1034196 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034196 20190904 SEC Consult SA-20190904-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco router series RV34X, RV26X and RV16X http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 78092 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78092 GLSA-201702-11 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 RHSA-2015:2172 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2172.html USN-2985-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1 USN-2985-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2 [libc-alpha] 20140909 The GNU C Library version 2.20 is now available https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-09/msg00088.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262914 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17079
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG

This is only one of 146377 vulnerability tests in our test suite. Find out more about running a complete security audit. To run a free test of this vulnerability against your system, register below.