CVE-2011-1071

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The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context-dependent attackers to ex

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a "stack extension attack," a related issue to CVE-2010-2898, CVE-2010-1917, and CVE-2007-4782, as originally reported for use of this library by Google Chrome.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1 EPSS 0.06775

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Affected Products & Versions

gnu eglibcall versions
gnu glibc<= 2.12.1
gnu glibcall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

dosGNU glibc < 2.12.2 - 'fnmatch()' Stack Corruption2011-02-25
pocbugs.debian.org · 615120bugs.debian.org
poccode.google.com · detail?id=48733code.google.com
pocscarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com · i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.htmlscarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com
pocsourceware.org · show_bug.cgi?id=11883sourceware.org
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 46563www.securityfocus.com
pocbugzilla.redhat.com · show_bug.cgi?id=681054bugzilla.redhat.com

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Scoring & Timeline

5.1

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD08 Apr 2011 · 03:17 PM

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Vendor Advisories

usnUSN-1396-1
rhsaRHSA-2012:0125Low
rhsaRHSA-2011:0412Low
rhsaRHSA-2011:0413Low

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/26/3

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/11Exploit

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/15

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/635Exploit

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/644Patch

http://secunia.com/advisories/43492Vendor Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/43830Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/43989Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Vendor Advisory

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8175

http://securitytracker.com/id?1025290

http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863Vendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12853

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