Input validation error in GNU C Library (glibc) - CVE-2011-1659
Published: April 8, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45143
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1659
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
Affected software
GNU C Library (glibc)
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1659
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733
- http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44353
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12583
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=8126d90480fa3e0c5c5cd0d02cb1c93174b45485
- 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
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025450
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66819