RHEA-2010:0272Low

Red Hat Enhancement Advisory: valgrind bug fix and enhancement update

Published
March 30, 2010
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2008-4865 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-4865 — valgrind: .valgrindrc loaded from untrusted locations

🎯 Affected products16

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • valgrind-1:3.5.0-1.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • valgrind-1:3.5.0-1.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • valgrind-1:3.5.0-1.el5.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • valgrind-1:3.5.0-1.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • valgrind-1:3.5.0-1.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • valgrind-1:3.5.0-1.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • valgrind-1:3.5.0-1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • valgrind-1:3.5.0-1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • valgrind-devel-1:3.5.0-1.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • valgrind-devel-1:3.5.0-1.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • valgrind-devel-1:3.5.0-1.el5.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • valgrind-devel-1:3.5.0-1.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • valgrind-devel-1:3.5.0-1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • valgrind-devel-1:3.5.0-1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

✅ Remediation

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 http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (4)