glibc 2.21-0ubuntu6 source package in Ubuntu

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glibc (2.21-0ubuntu6) xenial; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: glibc getaddrinfo stack-based buffer overflow
    - debian/patches/any/CVE-2015-7547.diff: fix buffer handling in
      resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c, resolv/res_query.c, resolv/res_send.c.
    - CVE-2015-7547

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>  Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:42:23 -0500

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glibc-doc: GNU C Library: Documentation

 Contains man pages for libpthread functions and the complete GNU C Library
 ChangeLog. The GNU C Library Reference manual has been moved into
 glibc-doc-reference for licensing reasons.

glibc-source: GNU C Library: sources

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

libc-bin: GNU C Library: Binaries

 This package contains utility programs related to the GNU C Library.
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  * 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
  * tzselect, zdump, zic: select/dump/compile time zones

libc-bin-dbgsym: debug symbols for package libc-bin

 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
  * tzselect, zdump, zic: select/dump/compile time zones

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

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

libc-dev-bin-dbgsym: debug symbols for package libc-dev-bin

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

libc6: 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: 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-amd64-dbgsym: debug symbols for package libc6-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: 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-armel-dbgsym: debug symbols for package libc6-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 softfp version of the library, meant for armhf systems.

libc6-dbg: GNU C Library: detached debugging symbols

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

libc6-dbgsym: debug symbols for package libc6

 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-dev: 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: 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: 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-i386: 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: 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-dev-s390: GNU C Library: 32bit Development Libraries for IBM zSeries

 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.

libc6-dev-x32: GNU C Library: X32 ABI 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 X32 ABI version of the
 library, meant for amd64 systems.

libc6-i386: 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-i386-dbgsym: debug symbols for package libc6-i386

 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: 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 by debian-installer
 and may be useful for custom installation media and in embedded systems.

libc6-ppc64: 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-ppc64-dbgsym: debug symbols for package libc6-ppc64

 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-s390: GNU C Library: 32bit Shared libraries for IBM zSeries

 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.

libc6-s390-dbgsym: debug symbols for package libc6-s390

 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.

libc6-udeb: 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.
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 This package contains a minimal set of libraries needed for the Debian
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libc6-udeb-dbgsym: debug symbols for package libc6-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-x32: GNU C Library: X32 ABI 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 X32 ABI version
 of the library, meant for AMD64 systems.

libc6-x32-dbgsym: debug symbols for package libc6-x32

 This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and the
 standard math library, as well as many others. This is the X32 ABI version
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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
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nscd: 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+.

nscd-dbgsym: debug symbols for package nscd

 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+.