CVE - CVE-2014-4043

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4043	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function in glibc before 2.20 does not copy its path argument in accordance with the POSIX specification, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger use-after-free vulnerabilities.
References
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CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109263 CONFIRM:https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17048 CONFIRM:https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=blobdiff;f=ChangeLog;h=3020b9ac232315df362521aeaf85f21cb9926db8;hp=d86e73963dd9fb5e21b1a28326630337226812aa;hb=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362;hpb=c3a2ebe1f7541cc35937621e08c28ff88afd0845 CONFIRM:https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=blobdiff;f=posix/spawn_faction_addopen.c;h=40800b8e6e81341501c0fb8a91009529e2048dec;hp=47f62425b696a4fdd511b2a057746322eb6518db;hb=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362;hpb=c3a2ebe1f7541cc35937621e08c28ff88afd0845 CONFIRM:https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362 GENTOO:GLSA-201503-04 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2014:152 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:152 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:1387 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00012.html BID:68006 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68006 XF:gnuclibrary-cve20144043-code-exec(93784) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93784
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Date Entry Created
20140612	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 (20140612)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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