Packages
- glibc - GNU C Library
Details
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the strcmp
implementation optimized for Power10 processors. This could cause
applications to crash, compute wrong results, or leak confidential
information. (CVE-2025-5702)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the strncmp
implementation optimized for Power10 processors. This could cause
applications to crash, compute wrong results, or leak confidential
information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-5745)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the strcmp
implementation optimized for Power10 processors. This could cause
applications to crash, compute wrong results, or leak confidential
information. (CVE-2025-5702)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the strncmp
implementation optimized for Power10 processors. This could cause
applications to crash, compute wrong results, or leak confidential
information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-5745)
Update instructions
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 25.04 plucky | libc6 – 2.41-6ubuntu1.1 | ||
| 24.04 noble | libc6 – 2.39-0ubuntu8.5 | ||
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