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eglibc 2.15-0ubuntu10.6 source package in Ubuntu

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eglibc (2.15-0ubuntu10.6) precise-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: denial of service via buffer overflow in getaddrinfo
    - debian/patches/any/CVE-2013-4458.patch: fix overflow in
      sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c.
    - CVE-2013-4458
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Directory traversal in locale environment handling
    - debian/patches/any/CVE-2014-0475.diff: validate locale names in
      locale/findlocale.c, locale/setlocale.c, added test to
      localedata/tst-setlocale3.c, localedata/Makefile.
    - CVE-2014-0475
  * SECURITY UPDATE: use-after-free via posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen
    failing to copy the path argument
    - debian/patches/any/CVE-2014-4043.diff: properly copy path in
      posix/spawn_faction_addopen.c, posix/spawn_faction_destroy.c,
      posix/spawn_int.h, added test to posix/tst-spawn.c.
    - CVE-2014-4043
  * debian/patches/any/CVE-2013-4237-part2.diff: fix alignment issue
    causing a readdir regression on sparc.
  * debian/patches/any/CVE-2013-4332-part2.diff: added a couple of extra
    commits to fix another overflow and an infinite loop.
 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>   Mon, 28 Jul 2014 07:46:03 -0400

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eglibc-source: Embedded GNU C Library: sources

 This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to
 build eglibc.

glibc-doc: Embedded GNU C Library: Documentation

 Contains The GNU C Library Reference manual in info and html format
 as well as the man pages for libpthread functions and the complete
 GNU C Library ChangeLog.

libc-bin: Embedded GNU C Library: Binaries

 This package contains utility programs related to the GNU C Library.
 .
  * catchsegv: catch segmentation faults in programs
  * getconf: query system configuration variables
  * getent: get entries from administrative databases
  * iconv, iconvconfig: convert between character encodings
  * ldd, ldconfig: print/configure shared library dependencies
  * locale, localedef: show/generate locale definitions
  * rpcinfo: report RPC information
  * tzselect, zdump, zic: select/dump/compile time zones

libc-dev-bin: Embedded GNU C Library: Development binaries

 This package contains utility programs related to the GNU C Library
 development package.

libc6: Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries

 Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
 the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library
 and the standard math library, as well as many others.

libc6-amd64: Embedded GNU C Library: 64bit Shared libraries for AMD64

 This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and the
 standard math library, as well as many others. This is the 64bit version
 of the library, meant for AMD64 systems.

libc6-armel: Embedded GNU C Library: ARM softfp shared libraries for armhf

 This package includes shared versions of the standard C
 library and the standard math library, as well as many others.
 This is the ARM softfp version of the library, meant for armhf systems.

libc6-armhf: Embedded GNU C Library: ARM hard float shared libraries for armel

 This package includes shared versions of the standard C
 library and the standard math library, as well as many others.
 This is the ARM hard float version of the library, meant for armel systems.

libc6-dbg: Embedded GNU C Library: detached debugging symbols

 This package contains the detached debugging symbols for the GNU C
 library.

libc6-dev: Embedded GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files

 Contains the symlinks, headers, and object files needed to compile
 and link programs which use the standard C library.

libc6-dev-amd64: Embedded GNU C Library: 64bit Development Libraries for AMD64

 Contains the symlinks and object files needed to compile and link programs
 which use the standard C library. This is the 64bit version of the
 library, meant for AMD64 systems.

libc6-dev-armel: Embedded GNU C Library: ARM softfp development libraries for armhf

 Contains the symlinks and object files needed to compile and link programs
 which use the standard C library. This is the ARM softfp version of the
 library, meant for armhf systems.

libc6-dev-armhf: Embedded GNU C Library: ARM hard float development libraries for armel

 Contains the symlinks and object files needed to compile and link programs
 which use the standard C library. This is the ARM hard float version of the
 library, meant for armel systems.

libc6-dev-i386: Embedded GNU C Library: 32-bit development libraries for AMD64

 Contains the symlinks and object files needed to compile and link programs
 which use the standard C library. This is the 32bit version of the
 library, meant for AMD64 systems.

libc6-dev-ppc64: Embedded GNU C Library: 64bit Development Libraries for PowerPC64

 Contains the symlinks and object files needed to compile and link programs
 which use the standard C library. This is the 64bit version of the
 library, meant for PowerPC64 systems.

libc6-i386: Embedded GNU C Library: 32-bit shared libraries for AMD64

 This package includes shared versions of the standard C
 library and the standard math library, as well as many others.
 This is the 32bit version of the library, meant for AMD64 systems.

libc6-pic: Embedded GNU C Library: PIC archive library

 Contains an archive library (ar file) composed of individual shared objects.
 This is used for creating a library which is a smaller subset of the
 standard libc shared library. The reduced library is used on the Debian
 boot floppies. If you are not making your own set of Debian boot floppies
 using the `boot-floppies' package, you probably don't need this package.

libc6-ppc64: Embedded GNU C Library: 64bit Shared libraries for PowerPC64

 This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and the
 standard math library, as well as many others. This is the 64bit version
 of the library, meant for PowerPC64 systems.

libc6-prof: Embedded GNU C Library: Profiling Libraries

 Static libraries compiled with profiling info (-pg) suitable for use
 with gprof.

libc6-udeb: Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries - udeb

 Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
 the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library
 and the standard math library, as well as many others.
 .
 This package contains a minimal set of libraries needed for the Debian
 installer. Do not install it on a normal system.

libc6-xen: Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries [Xen version]

 Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
 the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C
 library and the standard math library, as well as many others.
 .
 This set of libraries is optimized for the Xen hypervisor, and will be
 selected instead when running under Xen.

libnss-dns-udeb: Embedded GNU C Library: NSS helper for DNS - udeb

 Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
 the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library
 and the standard math library, as well as many others.
 .
 This package contains the DNS NSS helper needed for the Debian installer.
 Do not install it on a normal system.

libnss-files-udeb: Embedded GNU C Library: NSS helper for files - udeb

 Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
 the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library
 and the standard math library, as well as many others.
 .
 This package contains the files NSS helper needed for the Debian installer.
 Do not install it on a normal system.

multiarch-support: Transitional package to ensure multiarch compatibility

 This is a transitional package used to ensure multiarch support is present
 in ld.so before unpacking libraries to the multiarch directories. It can
 be removed once nothing on the system depends on it.

nscd: Embedded GNU C Library: Name Service Cache Daemon

 A daemon which handles passwd, group and host lookups
 for running programs and caches the results for the next
 query. You should install this package only if you use
 slow services like LDAP, NIS or NIS+.