CVE-2011-1071
CVE-2011-1071
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This page shows selected source facts. See the linked advisories for the complete description and affected versions.
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.
EPSS 14.3% · Public exploit · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
Original sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46563
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8175
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863
- http://bugs.debian.org/615120
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43989
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025290
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11883
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43492
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/26/3
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12853
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/11
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/635
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/644
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43830
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f15ce4d8dc139523fe0c273580b604b2453acba6
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.html
- http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1071