Buffer overflow in GNU C Library (glibc) - CVE-2013-4237
Published: October 10, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42476
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4237
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
sysdeps/posix/readdir_r.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) NTFS or (2) CIFS image.
Affected software
GNU C Library (glibc)
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux
Slackware Linux
glibc
glibc-i18n
glibc-profile
glibc-solibs
sys-libs/glibc
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux
Slackware Linux
glibc
glibc-i18n
glibc-profile
glibc-solibs
sys-libs/glibc
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4237
Install update from vendor's website.
glibc - update to 2.17
glibc-i18n - update to 2.17
glibc-profile - update to 2.17
glibc-solibs - update to 2.17
sys-libs/glibc - update to 2.19-r1
glibc-i18n - update to 2.17
glibc-profile - update to 2.17
glibc-solibs - update to 2.17
sys-libs/glibc - update to 2.19-r1
External References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/12/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61729
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995839
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14699
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=91ce40854d0b7f865cf5024ef95a8026b76096f3