CVE-2011-1071
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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 14.32% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- gnu/eglibc · gnu/glibc
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/615120Exploit
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733Exploit
- 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://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/635Exploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/644Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43492Vendor Advisory
- 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/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11883Exploit
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f15ce4d8dc139523fe0c273580b604b2453acba6
- 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.securityfocus.com/bid/46563Exploit
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054Exploit, Patch
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12853
- http://bugs.debian.org/615120Exploit
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733Exploit
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.