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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT |
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PACKAGE :glibc |
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SUMMARY :division by zero |
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DATE :2002-09-27 10:00 UTC |
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Wolfram Gloger discovered that the sunrpc overflow bugfix unintentially |
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replaced potential integer overflows in connection with malloc() with |
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more likely divisions by zero. |
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DETAIL |
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The XDR (external data representation) libraries are used to provide |
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platform-independent methods for sending data from one system process to |
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another, typically over a network connection. Such routines are commonly |
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used in remote procedure call (RPC) implementations to provide transparency |
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to application programmers who need to use common interfaces to interact |
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with many different types of systems. The xdr_array() function in the XDR |
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library provided by Sun Microsystems contains an integer overflow that can |
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lead to improperly sized dynamic memory allocation. Subsequent problems like |
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buffer overflows may result, depending on how and where the vulnerable |
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xdr_array() function is used. |
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More information can be found at: |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCAN-2002-0391 |
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http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/192995 |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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sys-libs/glibc-2.2.5-r6 and earlier update their systems |
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as follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge glibc |
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emerge clean |
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