RHSA-2011:0412High

Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security update

Published
April 4, 2011
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (6)

CVE-2010-0296 →CVE-2011-0536 →CVE-2011-1071 →CVE-2011-1095 →CVE-2011-1658 →CVE-2011-1659 →

📋 Description

CVE-2010-0296 — glibc: Improper encoding of names with certain special character in utilities for writing to mtab table CVE-2011-0536 — glibc: fix causes linker to search CWD when running privileged program with $ORIGIN in R*PATH CVE-2011-1071 — glibc: fnmatch() alloca()-based memory corruption flaw CVE-2011-1095 — glibc: insufficient quoting in the locale command output CVE-2011-1658 — glibc: ld.so insecure handling of privileged programs' RPATHs with $ORIGIN CVE-2011-1659 — glibc: fnmatch() alloca()-based memory corruption flaw

🎯 Affected products46

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-common-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-common-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-common-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-common-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-common-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-debuginfo-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-debuginfo-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-debuginfo-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-debuginfo-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-debuginfo-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-debuginfo-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-debuginfo-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-debuginfo-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-debuginfo-common-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-devel-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-devel-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-devel-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-devel-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-devel-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • glibc-devel-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
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✅ 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 https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (8)