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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2016-02-18 15:10:11 +0100
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2016-02-18 15:10:11 +0100
commit6400ae6ecf6376af230d3ec82a8541848d3239e9 (patch)
treeda20a69a610a6cd3e619ebc626b98c76b23ea272
parenta5df3210a641c175138052037fcdad34298bfa4d (diff)
NEWS: List additional fixed security bugs
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@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ Version 2.23
tzselect). This is useful for people who build the timezone data and code
independent of the GNU C Library.
-* The LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable can no longer be used to
- disable the pointer guard feature. It is always enabled.
-
* The obsolete header <regexp.h> has been removed. Programs that require
this header must be updated to use <regex.h> instead.
@@ -75,9 +72,24 @@ Version 2.23
Security related changes:
+* An out-of-bounds value in a broken-out struct tm argument to strftime no
+ longer causes a crash. Reported by Adam Nielsen. (CVE-2015-8776)
+
+* The LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable can no longer be used to disable
+ the pointer guard feature. It is always enabled. Previously,
+ LD_POINTER_GUARD could be used to disable security hardening in binaries
+ running in privileged AT_SECURE mode. Reported by Hector Marco-Gisbert.
+ (CVE-2015-8777)
+
+* An integer overflow in hcreate and hcreate_r could lead to an
+ out-of-bounds memory access. Reported by Szabolcs Nagy. (CVE-2015-8778)
+
+* The catopen function no longer has unbounded stack usage. Reported by
+ Max. (CVE-2015-8779)
+
* The nan, nanf and nanl functions no longer have unbounded stack usage
depending on the length of the string passed as an argument to the
- functions. Reported by Joseph Myers.
+ functions. Reported by Joseph Myers. (CVE-2014-9761)
* A stack-based buffer overflow was found in libresolv when invoked from
libnss_dns, allowing specially crafted DNS responses to seize control