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Category:   Application (Generic)  >   Glibc Vendors:   GNU [multiple authors]
(Red Hat Issues Fix) Glibc Multiple Bugs Allow FORTIFY_SOURCE Protection Mechanism to Be Bypassed
SecurityTracker Alert ID:  1027423
SecurityTracker URL:  http://securitytracker.com/id/1027423
CVE Reference:   CVE-2012-3406   (Links to External Site)
Date:  Aug 22 2012
Impact:   Execution of arbitrary code via local system, Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via local system, User access via network
Fix Available:  Yes  Vendor Confirmed:  Yes  

Description:   Several vulnerabilities were reported in Glibc. A remote or local user can bypass format string protection to execute arbitrary code.

If a format string flaw exists in the target application, a remote or local user can trigger a buffer allocation error [CVE-2012-3404], memory initialization error [CVE-2012-3405], or access control error [CVE-2012-3406] in the FORTIFY_SOURCE format string protection mechanism and bypass the protection ostensibly provided by the mechanism to exploit the format string flaw.

Impact:   A remote or local user may be able to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Solution:   Red Hat has issued a fix for CVE-2012-3406 for RHEV Hypervisor.

The Red Hat advisory is available at:

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1185.html

Vendor URL:  www.gnu.org/software/libc/ (Links to External Site)
Cause:   Access control error, Boundary error
Underlying OS:   Linux (Red Hat Enterprise)

Message History:   This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
Jul 18 2012 Glibc Multiple Bugs Allow FORTIFY_SOURCE Protection Mechanism to Be Bypassed



 Source Message Contents

Date:  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:47:54 +0000
Subject:  [RHSA-2012:1185-01] Moderate: rhev-hypervisor5 security and bug fix update

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: rhev-hypervisor5 security and bug fix update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2012:1185-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1185.html
Issue date:        2012-08-21
CVE Names:         CVE-2012-3406 
=====================================================================

1. Summary:

An updated rhev-hypervisor5 package that fixes one security issue and
various bugs is now available.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-5 - noarch

3. Description:

The rhev-hypervisor5 package provides a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
Hypervisor ISO disk image. The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
Hypervisor is a dedicated Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor.
It includes everything necessary to run and manage virtual machines: A
subset of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating environment and the Red
Hat Enterprise Virtualization Agent.

Note: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor is only available for
the Intel 64 and AMD64 architectures with virtualization extensions.

It was discovered that the formatted printing functionality in glibc did
not properly restrict the use of alloca(). This could allow an attacker to
bypass FORTIFY_SOURCE protections and execute arbitrary code using a format
string flaw in an application, even though these protections are expected
to limit the impact of such flaws to an application abort. (CVE-2012-3406)

This updated package provides updated components that include fixes for
various security issues. These issues have no security impact on Red Hat
Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor itself, however. The security fixes
included in this update address the following CVE numbers:

CVE-2012-3817 (bind issue)

CVE-2012-3571 (dhcp issue)

CVE-2012-2313 (kernel issue)

CVE-2012-0441 (nss issue)

CVE-2012-2337 and CVE-2012-3440 (sudo issues)

CVE-2012-2625 (xen issue)

Users of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor are advised to
upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these issues.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

To upgrade Hypervisors in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
2.2 environments using the disk image provided by this package, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/h
tml/Hypervisor_Deployment_Guide/chap-Deployment_Guide-Upgrading_Red_Hat_Ent
erprise_Virtualization_Hypervisors.html

To upgrade Hypervisors in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
3.0 environments using the disk image provided by this package, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/h
tml/Hypervisor_Deployment_Guide/chap-Deployment_Guide-Upgrading_Red_Hat_Ent
erprise_Virtualization_Hypervisors.html

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

826943 - CVE-2012-3406 glibc: printf() unbound alloca() usage in case of positional parameters + many format specs

6. Package List:

RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-5:

noarch:
rhev-hypervisor5-5.8-20120808.0.el5_8.noarch.rpm
rhev-hypervisor5-tools-5.8-20120808.0.el5_8.noarch.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

7. References:

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-3406.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Hypervisor_Deployment_Guide/chap-Deployment_Guide-Upgrading_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization_Hypervisors.html
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Hypervisor_Deployment_Guide/chap-Deployment_Guide-Upgrading_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization_Hypervisors.html

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>.  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
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