CVE - CVE-2011-1006

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1006	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_cgroup_spec function in tools/tools-common.c in the Control Group Configuration Library (aka libcgroup or libcg) before 0.37.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted controller list on the command line of an application. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries.
References
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CONFIRM:http://libcg.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libcg/libcg;a=commit;h=5ae8aea1ecd60c439121d3329d8eaabf13d292c1 CONFIRM:http://sourceforge.net/projects/libcg/files/libcgroup/v0.37.1/libcgroup-0.37.1.tar.bz2/download CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678107 DEBIAN:DSA-2193 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2193 FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-2631 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056683.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-2638 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056734.html REDHAT:RHSA-2011:0320 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0320.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2011:0316 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00027.html BID:46729 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46729 SECTRACK:1025158 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025158 SECUNIA:43611 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43611 SECUNIA:43758 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43758 SECUNIA:43891 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43891 SECUNIA:44093 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/44093 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0679 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0679 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0774 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0774
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20110214	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110214)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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