Bug 128842

Summary: CAN-2002-0029 bind resolver issues affect glibc
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Reporter: Mark J. Cox <mjc>
Component: glibcAssignee: Jakub Jelinek <jakub>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version: 2.1CC: fweimer, security-response-team
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Description Mark J. Cox 2004-07-30 13:55:10 UTC
An audit of our glibc packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux found a
potential flaw in the resolver which was part of a security update to
BIND 4 in November 2002.

Patch:
http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/resolv/nss_dns/dns-network.c.diff?r1=1.15&r2=1.16&cvsroot=glibc

glibc as provided by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 does not include
this patch.  We're investigating to see if this is actually an issue
for the glibc-2.2.4 as shipped in RHEL2.1 or is mitigated by other
changes, but will include the fix in the next update in any event.

Comment 2 Jakub Jelinek 2004-07-30 21:38:53 UTC
glibc-2.2.4-32.17 is in dist-2.1AS-errata-candidate.

Comment 3 Mark J. Cox 2004-08-04 21:34:51 UTC
An errata has been issued which should help the problem 
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being 
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, 
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report 
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-383.html