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http://bugs.debian.org/615120 CVE-2011-1071
GNU glibc < 2.12.2 - 'fnmatch()' Stack Corruption
Record summary
CVE-2011-1071 has a selected CVSS score of 5.1; EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.
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.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 1
Proofs of concept
1Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBGNU glibc < 2.12.2 - 'fnmatch()' Stack CorruptionExploitDB exploitby Simon Berry-ByrneNot analyzed1 file
References
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http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733 [oss-security] 20110228 cve request: eglibc memory corruptionmailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/26/3 [oss-security] 20110228 Re: cve request: eglibc memory corruptionmailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/11 [oss-security] 20110228 Re: cve request: eglibc memory corruptionmailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/15 scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.html 20110224 glibc and alloca()mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/635 20110226 Re: glibc and alloca()mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/644 43492Third-party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43492 43830Third-party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43830 43989Third-party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43989 46397Third-party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397