USN-3239-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the GNU C Library. Unfortunately, the fix for CVE-2016-3706 introduced a regression that in some circumstances prevented IPv6 addresses from resolving. This update reverts the change in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. We apologize for the error.

It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the strxfrm() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8982)

It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the
_IO_wstr_overflow() function of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8983)

It was discovered that the fnmatch() function in the GNU C Library did not properly handle certain malformed patterns.
An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8984)

Alexander Cherepanov discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to specially craft a directory layout and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-1234)

Michael Petlan discovered an unbounded stack allocation in the getaddrinfo() function of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-3706)

Aldy Hernandez discovered an unbounded stack allocation in the sunrpc implementation in the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4429)

Tim Ruehsen discovered that the getaddrinfo() implementation in the GNU C Library did not properly track memory allocations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2016-5417)

Andreas Schwab discovered that the GNU C Library on ARM 32-bit platforms did not properly set up execution contexts.
An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-6323).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

It was discovered that libtiprc, a transport-independent RPC library, could be used for a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact by a stack-based buffer overflow due to a flood of crafted ICMP and UDP packets.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.5-1+deb8u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libtirpc packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3239-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the strxfrm() function. An attacker could use     this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8982)

    It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the _IO_wstr_overflow() function of the GNU C     Library. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This     issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8983)

    It was discovered that the fnmatch() function in the GNU C Library did not properly handle certain     malformed patterns. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8984)

    Alexander Cherepanov discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation of the GNU C     Library. An attacker could use this to specially craft a directory layout and cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2016-1234)

    Florian Weimer discovered a NULL pointer dereference in the DNS resolver of the GNU C Library. An attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5180)

    Michael Petlan discovered an unbounded stack allocation in the getaddrinfo() function of the GNU C     Library. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-3706)

    Aldy Hernandez discovered an unbounded stack allocation in the sunrpc implementation in the GNU C Library.
    An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4429)

    Tim Ruehsen discovered that the getaddrinfo() implementation in the GNU C Library did not properly track     memory allocations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-5417)

    Andreas Schwab discovered that the GNU C Library on ARM 32-bit platforms did not properly set up execution     contexts. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-6323)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for glibc fixes the following issues :

  - glob-altdirfunc.patch: Do not copy d_name field of     struct dirent (CVE-2016-1234, boo#969727, BZ #19779)

  - nss-dns-memleak-2.patch: fix memory leak in
    _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r (boo#973010)

  - nss-dns-getnetbyname.patch: fix stack overflow in
    _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r (CVE-2016-3075, boo#973164, BZ     #19879)

  - getaddrinfo-hostent-conv-stack-overflow.patch:
    getaddrinfo stack overflow in hostent conversion     (CVE-2016-3706, boo#980483, BZ #20010)

  - clntudp-call-alloca.patch: do not use alloca in     clntudp_call (CVE-2016-4429, boo#980854, BZ #20112)

According to the versions of the glibc packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the clntudp_call     function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka     glibc or libc6) allows remote servers to cause a denial     of service (crash) or possibly unspecified other impact     via a flood of crafted ICMP and UDP     packets.(CVE-2016-4429)

  - Integer overflow in the strxfrm function in the GNU C     Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.21 allows     context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of     service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via     a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer     overflow.(CVE-2015-8982)

  - The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function in glibc     before 2.20 does not copy its path argument in     accordance with the POSIX specification, which allows     context-dependent attackers to trigger use-after-free     vulnerabilities.(CVE-2014-4043)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	名前	製品	ファミリー	公開日	更新日	深刻度
97936	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : eglibc regression (USN-3239-3)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	2017/3/24	2025/12/29	high
137859	Debian DLA-2256-1 : libtirpc security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	2020/6/29	2024/3/5	medium
97856	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : GNU C Library vulnerabilities (USN-3239-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	2017/3/21	2025/12/29	high
91534	openSUSE Security Update : glibc (openSUSE-2016-699)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2016/6/9	2021/1/19	high
126849	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2019-1721)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	2019/7/22	2025/11/20	high

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