- Issued:
- 2012-08-20
- Updated:
- 2012-08-20
RHBA-2012:1178 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
glibc bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated glibc packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4 Extended Life Cycle Support.
Description
The glibc packages provide the standard C and standard math libraries used by
multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system
cannot function correctly.
This update fixes the following bug:
- Previously, if the nscd daemon received a CNAME (Canonical Name) record as a
response to a DNS (Domain Name System) query, the cached DNS entry adopted the
TTL (Time to Live) value of the underlying "A" or "AAAA" response. This caused
the nscd daemon to wait for an unexpectedly long time before reloading the DNS
entry. With this update, nscd uses the shortest TTL from the response as the TTL
value for the entire record. As a result, DNS entries are reloaded as expected
in this scenario. (BZ#846063)
All users of glibc are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.
Solution
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/knowledge/articles/11258
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 4 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 4
SRPM | |
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glibc-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 3f08e6df2dae2b77ba61e22a7084c41159d20495c6d01909e12c7b329cacb8b9 |
x86_64 | |
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: d76c474b6e935e8644937a70e7f7b5827fd555891db77c307047f343f7fdc0da |
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: d76c474b6e935e8644937a70e7f7b5827fd555891db77c307047f343f7fdc0da |
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fa631f780d3de28bd022078ec16c2deca58d10119927f17b5ff7e7bbb3b4b786 |
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fa631f780d3de28bd022078ec16c2deca58d10119927f17b5ff7e7bbb3b4b786 |
glibc-common-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 41d302003746693966944df5bb84de8285981e3c3523a806ba17d8eb0be38514 |
glibc-common-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 41d302003746693966944df5bb84de8285981e3c3523a806ba17d8eb0be38514 |
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dc202b1f5fb67ba220165423ebf31ab380eb8f8220eed80474d91a7f4696b105 |
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dc202b1f5fb67ba220165423ebf31ab380eb8f8220eed80474d91a7f4696b105 |
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 79bd97f7e5093ed4e9626bf6a680af15ff393c9e4de8dd2829d34feb2f13959d |
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 79bd97f7e5093ed4e9626bf6a680af15ff393c9e4de8dd2829d34feb2f13959d |
glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f880af4d827f864ace769f584c39d3916e3e1eb8a1c867d335521d7a894d4a76 |
glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f880af4d827f864ace769f584c39d3916e3e1eb8a1c867d335521d7a894d4a76 |
glibc-profile-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e3af3f985566de2599418279a5e50bc9667d7bb8efe878df4f28638023b20084 |
glibc-profile-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e3af3f985566de2599418279a5e50bc9667d7bb8efe878df4f28638023b20084 |
glibc-utils-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 475834b972585cca5b545011f2dcd7ab63a902129ba4329d114615f00b18e48a |
glibc-utils-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 475834b972585cca5b545011f2dcd7ab63a902129ba4329d114615f00b18e48a |
nptl-devel-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ab4b9222cb6d6fdf1375f3705af308ac3887aef67d50a12183663b7df56c8862 |
nptl-devel-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ab4b9222cb6d6fdf1375f3705af308ac3887aef67d50a12183663b7df56c8862 |
nscd-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8d46ee5eaaa0a5c6807b6dcd01812a5998dda71177cb1168bd9aa4ad56d2f240 |
nscd-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8d46ee5eaaa0a5c6807b6dcd01812a5998dda71177cb1168bd9aa4ad56d2f240 |
ia64 | |
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: d76c474b6e935e8644937a70e7f7b5827fd555891db77c307047f343f7fdc0da |
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 3e1c49e8f02a2c4ad99435a4ec8794e3b2820d22a3d0c060c06fe2fe440d159e |
glibc-common-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: dcd22a981e0f59001731b5367ecd134b1c363cbf0736fcba733a26e4bb7e46dc |
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 4924e1d9c85ba1a8b952681b68c421000d9c0f194909e2655de9ff50a2cf4d27 |
glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 4f5a3a0da6f404f6d9988987cd75f13982bd655a0a4f692406611afbbc597679 |
glibc-profile-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: c5cd8b68ab8283fdb7a35633c5090d78065b9a09a5ab047a5bee46f20dc7d925 |
glibc-utils-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 770a14cb61174ec06b3470b3720afebec120e509dd09542b774a022198073ff2 |
nptl-devel-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 3fb0c03bbf1ea9e7b4219a4e8d5d6c00f731cac80e2de22353b00fff3630d28f |
nscd-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: f8e6bd4bfdac41df190bafd45ce369940c292fbaab27de172962c49dc9c835de |
i386 | |
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f495723d2be3a499361ad5545387260a1b1e41f64e2fe95cd33906fdc5aace6c |
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f495723d2be3a499361ad5545387260a1b1e41f64e2fe95cd33906fdc5aace6c |
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: d76c474b6e935e8644937a70e7f7b5827fd555891db77c307047f343f7fdc0da |
glibc-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: d76c474b6e935e8644937a70e7f7b5827fd555891db77c307047f343f7fdc0da |
glibc-common-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4b84e7447b140edd36192aa475764e21e02cad1c6e38fb3d1edba631ed7ae3aa |
glibc-common-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4b84e7447b140edd36192aa475764e21e02cad1c6e38fb3d1edba631ed7ae3aa |
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dc202b1f5fb67ba220165423ebf31ab380eb8f8220eed80474d91a7f4696b105 |
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dc202b1f5fb67ba220165423ebf31ab380eb8f8220eed80474d91a7f4696b105 |
glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0fffa1b18ce81fc2763d5c16cf095349fdf024fc2ab531362ec530b981d0df1f |
glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0fffa1b18ce81fc2763d5c16cf095349fdf024fc2ab531362ec530b981d0df1f |
glibc-profile-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 050175bcba2dd0e6627cfc96d008237e038d8532876700ee49fef62ec0366c2e |
glibc-profile-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 050175bcba2dd0e6627cfc96d008237e038d8532876700ee49fef62ec0366c2e |
glibc-utils-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d1cc2dc8f3dac5c82d4d7a07d60fafbb2c75cfca9c05a44a3c98cee3b34035df |
glibc-utils-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d1cc2dc8f3dac5c82d4d7a07d60fafbb2c75cfca9c05a44a3c98cee3b34035df |
nptl-devel-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2f36907554ebdd966bfa9bfef79a7500278edc4a1129a9a29db4e1b8324ffaa6 |
nptl-devel-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2f36907554ebdd966bfa9bfef79a7500278edc4a1129a9a29db4e1b8324ffaa6 |
nptl-devel-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 29f4ae3b73ab3f519e7af3a09959f2cf4bbfbcd333da9bd18f24ab82dbbf4c71 |
nptl-devel-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 29f4ae3b73ab3f519e7af3a09959f2cf4bbfbcd333da9bd18f24ab82dbbf4c71 |
nscd-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 14fca3f33e01c7f142fb2d8b23400aa1f1f94615689e2f14787eeb7d30d64808 |
nscd-2.3.4-2.57.el4.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 14fca3f33e01c7f142fb2d8b23400aa1f1f94615689e2f14787eeb7d30d64808 |
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