glibc-2.5-81.7.0.1.AXS3

The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package contains the most important sets of shared libraries: the standard C library and the standard math library. Without these two libraries, a Linux system will not function.

Security issues fixed with this release:

• CVE-2012-3480
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) strtod, (2) strtof, (3) strtold, (4) strtod_l, and other unspecified "related functions" in stdlib in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.16 allow local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Fixed bugs:

• Fixed some logic errors in some mathematical functions (exp, exp2, expf, exp2f, pow, sin, tan, and rint) which could cause a crash when they were used in the non-default rounding mode.