CVE-2011-1659

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Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.02476

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Affected Products & Versions

gnu glibc<= 2.13

gnu glibcall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

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=12583sourceware.org
pocbugzilla.redhat.com · show_bug.cgi?id=681054bugzilla.redhat.com

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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://secunia.com/advisories/44353

http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

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

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

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179

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

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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025450

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66819

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