Issued:
2009-08-07
Updated:
2009-08-07

RHBA-2009:1202 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

glibc bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated glibc packages that fix a bug are now available.

Description

The glibc packages contain the standard C libraries used by multiple
programs on the system. These packages contains the standard C and the
standard math libraries. Without these two libraries, the Linux system
cannot function properly.

These updated glibc packages fix the following bug:

  • previous versions of glibc coded the malloc() function in a way that was

not thread-safe, which could have led to unexpected program crashes in some
cases. With these updated packages, the malloc() code has been revised to
ensure better thread safety, as well as to adhere to C standards. (BZ#502901)

All users of glibc are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via 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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.3 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.3 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 507530 - [RHEL5] glibc: malloc() is not thread safe

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: bc88b8d5573b4e536c9d231d6549f81668e290fd8063daff4e235fb902dd3cb6
x86_64
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 541a47aad8c82d32eda74eddfc65b31239b17961eec021cec87295c040ca6b2b
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e7c64a55af2e586995f1a0aa1d03f9541a4e37b450d1bb4344bb1fbf02b18575
glibc-common-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bc037c8094d175c415bee2904d275ce1d42a0561b516b6f22e8e3e686e97eb1f
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8ffe26016b891edc1bb654e82b308c1b05c1033f25308478c0b43874cc71d7c
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3891fe4f73165a868b72359559e0bf03c364ee28be37ee840a589e872110078a
glibc-headers-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a2dd82562431089457ba4a3f63423524022b9e0f29ea5ec6ceac432a09fc18bc
glibc-utils-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cc1ea37f4bc8135e70a24c8ef3c5b3d255e3e9264b386096f904d90318b8bd9e
nscd-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 425db0f63c72af480b6b36e155878f745b91e51a80ebb801cbc0333dac80303f
ia64
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 541a47aad8c82d32eda74eddfc65b31239b17961eec021cec87295c040ca6b2b
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 3d5d2a197a4775d62d63881bb42cd582e7a17cb1a7177ede1465d6b78d3b6dca
glibc-common-2.5-34.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 2fb049b04fd1de342a2f961927b3c81f4278caeb633bf04579e56a7c17f0f551
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: fa52fa9cbce1507b781bbe26e99c1231ef118873d0d257eedc19201829a59894
glibc-headers-2.5-34.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 02b8e117ce9f1fab31f0021beecbc1b6f4f135d6bd13463a43b00663d1d921b9
glibc-utils-2.5-34.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 2222a491c060dcf8b45ff1bbdecbdffc61f4734dc194b2ee2a09617455726cd0
nscd-2.5-34.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: e01b4df21937d86a3fc778415eac78a2706b2768ff4ef74336ed500aa44ddfad
i386
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a69197dcce145380d2c27dfa79461db9b9cc92a048332e979d14a34ae71fdae1
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 541a47aad8c82d32eda74eddfc65b31239b17961eec021cec87295c040ca6b2b
glibc-common-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: aeb34351d177f30a359b3f7571626e6d7b0084a670025f1318adaba7ef61199c
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8ffe26016b891edc1bb654e82b308c1b05c1033f25308478c0b43874cc71d7c
glibc-headers-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: b7cc9ba765dc6d3dc4ebf0f49fe1fa6e84febd77965865208efc6ead3c8a5153
glibc-utils-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 07bf51637c91d678c34e34037d4f24fdcaa5077cf2bcff2ec35f0a667df23cc4
nscd-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3ab0df016dfe1df5010732a8a1f86b3658bd0b2f1ae9f01125443945bc8a2eff

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: bc88b8d5573b4e536c9d231d6549f81668e290fd8063daff4e235fb902dd3cb6
x86_64
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 541a47aad8c82d32eda74eddfc65b31239b17961eec021cec87295c040ca6b2b
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e7c64a55af2e586995f1a0aa1d03f9541a4e37b450d1bb4344bb1fbf02b18575
glibc-common-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bc037c8094d175c415bee2904d275ce1d42a0561b516b6f22e8e3e686e97eb1f
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8ffe26016b891edc1bb654e82b308c1b05c1033f25308478c0b43874cc71d7c
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3891fe4f73165a868b72359559e0bf03c364ee28be37ee840a589e872110078a
glibc-headers-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a2dd82562431089457ba4a3f63423524022b9e0f29ea5ec6ceac432a09fc18bc
glibc-utils-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cc1ea37f4bc8135e70a24c8ef3c5b3d255e3e9264b386096f904d90318b8bd9e
nscd-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 425db0f63c72af480b6b36e155878f745b91e51a80ebb801cbc0333dac80303f
i386
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a69197dcce145380d2c27dfa79461db9b9cc92a048332e979d14a34ae71fdae1
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 541a47aad8c82d32eda74eddfc65b31239b17961eec021cec87295c040ca6b2b
glibc-common-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: aeb34351d177f30a359b3f7571626e6d7b0084a670025f1318adaba7ef61199c
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8ffe26016b891edc1bb654e82b308c1b05c1033f25308478c0b43874cc71d7c
glibc-headers-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: b7cc9ba765dc6d3dc4ebf0f49fe1fa6e84febd77965865208efc6ead3c8a5153
glibc-utils-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 07bf51637c91d678c34e34037d4f24fdcaa5077cf2bcff2ec35f0a667df23cc4
nscd-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3ab0df016dfe1df5010732a8a1f86b3658bd0b2f1ae9f01125443945bc8a2eff

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: bc88b8d5573b4e536c9d231d6549f81668e290fd8063daff4e235fb902dd3cb6
x86_64
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 541a47aad8c82d32eda74eddfc65b31239b17961eec021cec87295c040ca6b2b
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e7c64a55af2e586995f1a0aa1d03f9541a4e37b450d1bb4344bb1fbf02b18575
glibc-common-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bc037c8094d175c415bee2904d275ce1d42a0561b516b6f22e8e3e686e97eb1f
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8ffe26016b891edc1bb654e82b308c1b05c1033f25308478c0b43874cc71d7c
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3891fe4f73165a868b72359559e0bf03c364ee28be37ee840a589e872110078a
glibc-headers-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a2dd82562431089457ba4a3f63423524022b9e0f29ea5ec6ceac432a09fc18bc
glibc-utils-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cc1ea37f4bc8135e70a24c8ef3c5b3d255e3e9264b386096f904d90318b8bd9e
nscd-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 425db0f63c72af480b6b36e155878f745b91e51a80ebb801cbc0333dac80303f
i386
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a69197dcce145380d2c27dfa79461db9b9cc92a048332e979d14a34ae71fdae1
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 541a47aad8c82d32eda74eddfc65b31239b17961eec021cec87295c040ca6b2b
glibc-common-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: aeb34351d177f30a359b3f7571626e6d7b0084a670025f1318adaba7ef61199c
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8ffe26016b891edc1bb654e82b308c1b05c1033f25308478c0b43874cc71d7c
glibc-headers-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: b7cc9ba765dc6d3dc4ebf0f49fe1fa6e84febd77965865208efc6ead3c8a5153
glibc-utils-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 07bf51637c91d678c34e34037d4f24fdcaa5077cf2bcff2ec35f0a667df23cc4
nscd-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3ab0df016dfe1df5010732a8a1f86b3658bd0b2f1ae9f01125443945bc8a2eff

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: bc88b8d5573b4e536c9d231d6549f81668e290fd8063daff4e235fb902dd3cb6
s390x
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 2c44097033a79151437ac9868507c255a84a73bf96b09d3cf130786bfd571a79
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a6ac7a23a9e295036abb6ebfe00f9321565c57d4185c03efd76a971cb0bf4035
glibc-common-2.5-34.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 46532c02d2fdc0bdc9291ffb464a9cbd2eb7d02b58bc4d9ac63e57eae549526e
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 68079e8693902dfd94f47cad290066b7f5cc35842862f3ba2de5627dddc89974
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8c8d75862bb70497a737c84000bf615a4670bbf7abd3915b4a5b120153b83136
glibc-headers-2.5-34.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b57583062befbc10c0c355caaa5523bc0e5ad738e969bbffe57a56d0910d1767
glibc-utils-2.5-34.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8bf5b6c48736fec9324655e11d1b246c2f2ffebb1d7359cab8712bba295c0ebf
nscd-2.5-34.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8ca03fffc6829fbbdfb6443e11db0ff47bd6518da66a2ddd52a5dcaf8f765785

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.3

SRPM
s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: bc88b8d5573b4e536c9d231d6549f81668e290fd8063daff4e235fb902dd3cb6
ppc
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 195daffb7eae6c40bf5d21f9496948a5e8d26b4e959b7e7a101d6ee41f53942b
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c89bcc443888644cae58c518a9d90cc4aae9fd93a2557b16959d544fcec7952b
glibc-common-2.5-34.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: be4c81b89d714a76fa18f1a6c3af70ddc0d60682e672c4631daaceb8e17730c9
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 13cdea01e354c3e9e4e6d8bad7b7b3fb986105a14168224f9f6b1f569860bbf5
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 51590c6913afc5ae9ab91415d2939ea55c6e9bbd4a5da14c2d6749632bc93bed
glibc-headers-2.5-34.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 308d3cd9ee9eb13f0e5540bc879bd419f6027a68b832c9b8e861977e89faecba
glibc-utils-2.5-34.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: f522ac1e7e9681f4c705834d90b47c432f04e1a7a186105a5f467b9549981927
nscd-2.5-34.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 32fa94f0f2fdc161dd11c83f623d2953a718b9b349c51f5e193444a67ef946f1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.3

SRPM
ppc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: bc88b8d5573b4e536c9d231d6549f81668e290fd8063daff4e235fb902dd3cb6
x86_64
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 541a47aad8c82d32eda74eddfc65b31239b17961eec021cec87295c040ca6b2b
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e7c64a55af2e586995f1a0aa1d03f9541a4e37b450d1bb4344bb1fbf02b18575
glibc-common-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bc037c8094d175c415bee2904d275ce1d42a0561b516b6f22e8e3e686e97eb1f
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8ffe26016b891edc1bb654e82b308c1b05c1033f25308478c0b43874cc71d7c
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3891fe4f73165a868b72359559e0bf03c364ee28be37ee840a589e872110078a
glibc-headers-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a2dd82562431089457ba4a3f63423524022b9e0f29ea5ec6ceac432a09fc18bc
glibc-utils-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cc1ea37f4bc8135e70a24c8ef3c5b3d255e3e9264b386096f904d90318b8bd9e
nscd-2.5-34.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 425db0f63c72af480b6b36e155878f745b91e51a80ebb801cbc0333dac80303f
i386
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a69197dcce145380d2c27dfa79461db9b9cc92a048332e979d14a34ae71fdae1
glibc-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 541a47aad8c82d32eda74eddfc65b31239b17961eec021cec87295c040ca6b2b
glibc-common-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: aeb34351d177f30a359b3f7571626e6d7b0084a670025f1318adaba7ef61199c
glibc-devel-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8ffe26016b891edc1bb654e82b308c1b05c1033f25308478c0b43874cc71d7c
glibc-headers-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: b7cc9ba765dc6d3dc4ebf0f49fe1fa6e84febd77965865208efc6ead3c8a5153
glibc-utils-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 07bf51637c91d678c34e34037d4f24fdcaa5077cf2bcff2ec35f0a667df23cc4
nscd-2.5-34.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3ab0df016dfe1df5010732a8a1f86b3658bd0b2f1ae9f01125443945bc8a2eff

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