CVE - CVE-2011-1071

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1071	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:1025290 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1025290 MISC:20110224 glibc and alloca() URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/635 MISC:20110226 Re: glibc and alloca() URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/644 MISC:20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded MISC:43492 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43492 MISC:43830 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43830 MISC:43989 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43989 MISC:46397 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 MISC:46563 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46563 MISC:8175 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8175 MISC:ADV-2011-0863 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:MDVSA-2011:178 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2011:0412 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.html MISC:RHSA-2011:0413 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.html MISC:[oss-security] 20110228 Re: cve request: eglibc memory corruption URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/11 MISC:[oss-security] 20110228 Re: cve request: eglibc memory corruption URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/15 MISC:[oss-security] 20110228 cve request: eglibc memory corruption URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/26/3 MISC:http://bugs.debian.org/615120 URL:http://bugs.debian.org/615120 MISC:http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733 URL:http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733 MISC:http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.html URL:http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.html MISC:http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11883 URL:http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11883 MISC:http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f15ce4d8dc139523fe0c273580b604b2453acba6 URL:http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f15ce4d8dc139523fe0c273580b604b2453acba6 MISC:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html URL:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12853 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12853
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110224	Disclaimer: The record 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 (20110224)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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