Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-4424 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in GNU Glibc

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
gnu
CWE-119
nessus
NVD
Published: 2013-10-09
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in string/strcoll_l.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string that triggers a malloc failure and use of the alloca function.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Gnu
57

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201503-04.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201503-04 (GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the GNU C Library. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A local attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition,. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id81689
    published2015-03-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/81689
    titleGLSA-201503-04 : GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities (GHOST)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201503-04.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(81689);
  script_version("$Revision: 1.22 $");
  script_cvs_date("$Date: 2016/05/20 14:03:00 $");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-3404", "CVE-2012-3405", "CVE-2012-3406", "CVE-2012-3480", "CVE-2012-4412", "CVE-2012-4424", "CVE-2012-6656", "CVE-2013-0242", "CVE-2013-1914", "CVE-2013-2207", "CVE-2013-4237", "CVE-2013-4332", "CVE-2013-4458", "CVE-2013-4788", "CVE-2014-4043", "CVE-2015-0235");
  script_bugtraq_id(54374, 54982, 55462, 55543, 57638, 58839, 61183, 61729, 61960, 62324, 63299, 68006, 69470, 72325);
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201503-04");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201503-04 : GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities (GHOST)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201503-04
(GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the GNU C Library.
      Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  
Impact :

    A local attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial
      of Service condition,.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All glibc users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-libs/glibc-2.19-r1'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Exim GHOST (glibc gethostbyname) Buffer Overflow');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:glibc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/03/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"in_the_news", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/03/09");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"sys-libs/glibc", unaffected:make_list("ge 2.19-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.19-r1"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "GNU C Library");
}
  • NASL familySlackware Local Security Checks
    NASL idSLACKWARE_SSA_2014-296-01.NASL
    descriptionNew glibc packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id78656
    published2014-10-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78656
    titleSlackware 14.1 / current : glibc (SSA:2014-296-01)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2014-296-01. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(78656);
  script_version("$Revision: 1.3 $");
  script_cvs_date("$Date: 2015/01/28 19:00:57 $");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-4412", "CVE-2012-4424", "CVE-2013-4237", "CVE-2013-4458", "CVE-2013-4788", "CVE-2014-0475", "CVE-2014-4043", "CVE-2014-5119", "CVE-2014-6040");
  script_xref(name:"SSA", value:"2014-296-01");

  script_name(english:"Slackware 14.1 / current : glibc (SSA:2014-296-01)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in /var/log/packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Slackware host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"New glibc packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to
fix security issues."
  );
  # http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.647059
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5118ccd5"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:glibc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:glibc-i18n");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:glibc-profile");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:glibc-solibs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:glibc-zoneinfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/10/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/10/24");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Slackware Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Slackware/release", "Host/Slackware/packages");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("slackware.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Slackware");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/packages")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Slackware", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (slackware_check(osver:"14.1", pkgname:"glibc", pkgver:"2.17", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"8_slack14.1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"14.1", pkgname:"glibc-i18n", pkgver:"2.17", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"8_slack14.1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"14.1", pkgname:"glibc-profile", pkgver:"2.17", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"8_slack14.1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"14.1", pkgname:"glibc-solibs", pkgver:"2.17", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"8_slack14.1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"14.1", pkgname:"glibc-zoneinfo", pkgver:"2014i", pkgarch:"noarch", pkgnum:"1_slack14.1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"14.1", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"glibc", pkgver:"2.17", pkgarch:"x86_64", pkgnum:"8_slack14.1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"14.1", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"glibc-i18n", pkgver:"2.17", pkgarch:"x86_64", pkgnum:"8_slack14.1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"14.1", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"glibc-profile", pkgver:"2.17", pkgarch:"x86_64", pkgnum:"8_slack14.1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"14.1", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"glibc-solibs", pkgver:"2.17", pkgarch:"x86_64", pkgnum:"8_slack14.1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"14.1", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"glibc-zoneinfo", pkgver:"2014i", pkgarch:"noarch", pkgnum:"1_slack14.1")) flag++;

if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"glibc", pkgver:"2.20", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"glibc-i18n", pkgver:"2.20", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"glibc-profile", pkgver:"2.20", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"glibc-solibs", pkgver:"2.20", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"glibc-zoneinfo", pkgver:"2014i", pkgarch:"noarch", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"glibc", pkgver:"2.20", pkgarch:"x86_64", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"glibc-i18n", pkgver:"2.20", pkgarch:"x86_64", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"glibc-profile", pkgver:"2.20", pkgarch:"x86_64", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"glibc-solibs", pkgver:"2.20", pkgarch:"x86_64", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", arch:"x86_64", pkgname:"glibc-zoneinfo", pkgver:"2014i", pkgarch:"noarch", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:slackware_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2013-15316.NASL
    descriptionsystemd is now required during build so that installing or updating nscd does not result in any warnings. rtkaio bits are now tested correctly. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2013-08-28
    plugin id69488
    published2013-08-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69488
    titleFedora 19 : glibc-2.17-14.fc19 (2013-15316)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-350.NASL
    descriptionThe strxfrm() function is vulnerable to integer overflows when computing memory allocation sizes (similar to CVE-2012-4412). Furthermore since it fallbacks to use alloca() when malloc() fails, it is vulnerable to stack-based buffer overflows (similar to CVE-2012-4424). Those issues have been fixed in Debian 6 Squeeze with eglibc 2.11.3-4+deb6u8. We recommend that you upgrade libc6 and other packages provided by eglibc. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2015-11-30
    plugin id87071
    published2015-11-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87071
    titleDebian DLA-350-1 : eglibc security update
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2013-283.NASL
    descriptionUpdated glibc packages fixes the following security issues : Integer overflow in string/strcoll_l.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2012-4412). Stack-based buffer overflow in string/strcoll_l.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string that triggers a malloc failure and use of the alloca function (CVE-2012-4424). pt_chown in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.18 does not properly check permissions for tty files, which allows local users to change the permission on the files and obtain access to arbitrary pseudo-terminals by leveraging a FUSE file system (CVE-2013-2207). NOTE! This is fixed by removing pt_chown wich may break chroots if their devpts was not mounted correctly (make sure to mount the devpts correctly with gid=5). 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 (CVE-2013-4237). Multiple integer overflows in malloc/malloc.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) via a large value to the (1) pvalloc, (2) valloc, (3) posix_memalign, (4) memalign, or (5) aligned_alloc functions (CVE-2013-4332). A stack (frame) overflow flaw, which led to a denial of service (application crash), was found in the way glibc
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id71092
    published2013-11-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71092
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDVSA-2013:283)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2013-15053.NASL
    descriptionglibc security update : CVE-2012-4412 glibc: strcoll() integer overflow leading to buffer overflow CVE-2012-4424 glibc: alloca() stack overflow in the strcoll() interface CVE-2013-1914 glibc: Stack (frame) overflow in getaddrinfo() when processing entry mapping to long list of address structures CVE-2013-2207 glibc (pt_chown): Improper pseudotty ownership and permissions changes when granting access to the slave pseudoterminal CVE-2013-4237 glibc: Buffer overwrite when using readdir_r on file systems returning file names longer than NAME_MAX characters Fix for CVE-2013-2207 may break chroots if their devpts was not mounted correctly. Fix is to mount the devpts correctly with gid=5. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2013-08-22
    plugin id69436
    published2013-08-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69436
    titleFedora 19 : glibc-2.17-13.fc19 (2013-15053)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-165.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been fixed in eglibc, Debian
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2015-03-26
    plugin id82149
    published2015-03-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82149
    titleDebian DLA-165-1 : eglibc security update
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-1991-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the strcoll() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-4412, CVE-2012-4424) It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled multibyte characters in the regular expression matcher. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-0242) It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled large numbers of domain conversion results in the getaddrinfo() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-1914) It was discovered that the GNU C Library readdir_r() function incorrectly handled crafted NTFS or CIFS images. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-4237) It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled memory allocation. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-4332). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id70538
    published2013-10-22
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2013-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70538
    titleUbuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : eglibc vulnerabilities (USN-1991-1)
  • NASL familyNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
    NASL idNEWSTART_CGSL_NS-SA-2019-0012_GLIBC.NASL
    descriptionThe remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 5.04, has glibc packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - elf/dl-load.c in ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.11.2, and 2.12.x through 2.12.1, does not properly handle a value of $ORIGIN for the LD_AUDIT environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) located in an arbitrary directory. (CVE-2010-3847) - ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.11.3, and 2.12.x before 2.12.2, does not properly restrict use of the LD_AUDIT environment variable to reference dynamic shared objects (DSOs) as audit objects, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an unsafe DSO located in a trusted library directory, as demonstrated by libpcprofile.so. (CVE-2010-3856) - Integer overflow in string/strcoll_l.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2012-4412) - Stack-based buffer overflow in string/strcoll_l.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string that triggers a malloc failure and use of the alloca function. (CVE-2012-4424) - A flaw was found in the regular expression matching routines that process multibyte character input. If an application utilized the glibc regular expression matching mechanism, an attacker could provide specially- crafted input that, when processed, would cause the application to crash. (CVE-2013-0242) - It was found that getaddrinfo() did not limit the amount of stack memory used during name resolution. An attacker able to make an application resolve an attacker- controlled hostname or IP address could possibly cause the application to exhaust all stack memory and crash. (CVE-2013-1914, CVE-2013-4458) - pt_chown in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.18 does not properly check permissions for tty files, which allows local users to change the permission on the files and obtain access to arbitrary pseudo-terminals by leveraging a FUSE file system. (CVE-2013-2207) - An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the way the glibc
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id127161
    published2019-08-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/127161
    titleNewStart CGSL MAIN 5.04 : glibc Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0012)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1551.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the glibc packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - stdlib/canonicalize.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.27 and earlier, when processing very long pathname arguments to the realpath function, could encounter an integer overflow on 32-bit architectures, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow and, potentially, arbitrary code execution.(CVE-2018-11236) - An integer overflow vulnerability was found in hcreate() and hcreate_r() functions which could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. This could lead to application crash or, potentially, arbitrary code execution.(CVE-2015-8778) - A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the way the libresolv library performed dual A/AAAA DNS queries. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted DNS response which could cause libresolv to crash or, potentially, execute code with the permissions of the user running the library. Note: this issue is only exposed when libresolv is called from the nss_dns NSS service module.(CVE-2015-7547) - A flaw was found in the regular expression matching routines that process multibyte character input. If an application utilized the glibc regular expression matching mechanism, an attacker could provide specially-crafted input that, when processed, would cause the application to crash.(CVE-2013-0242) - A flaw was found in the way memory was being allocated on the stack for user space binaries. If heap (or different memory region) and stack memory regions were adjacent to each other, an attacker could use this flaw to jump over the stack guard gap, cause controlled memory corruption on process stack or the adjacent memory region, and thus increase their privileges on the system. This is glibc-side mitigation which blocks processing of LD_LIBRARY_PATH for programs running in secure-execution mode and reduces the number of allocations performed by the processing of LD_AUDIT, LD_PRELOAD, and LD_HWCAP_MASK, making successful exploitation of this issue more difficult.(CVE-2017-1000366) - The DNS stub resolver in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before version 2.26, when EDNS support is enabled, will solicit large UDP responses from name servers, potentially simplifying off-path DNS spoofing attacks due to IP fragmentation.(CVE-2017-12132) - It was found that the files back end of Name Service Switch (NSS) did not isolate iteration over an entire database from key-based look-up API calls. An application performing look-ups on a database while iterating over it could enter an infinite loop, leading to a denial of service.(CVE-2014-8121) - Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving hostent conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458.(CVE-2016-3706) - In glibc 2.26 and earlier there is confusion in the usage of getcwd() by realpath() which can be used to write before the destination buffer leading to a buffer underflow and potential code execution.(CVE-2018-1000001) - Stack-based buffer overflow in string/strcoll_l.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string that triggers a malloc failure and use of the alloca function.(CVE-2012-4424) - It was found that the dynamic loader did not sanitize the LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass the pointer guarding protection on set-user-ID or set-group-ID programs to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.(CVE-2015-8777) - The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains a buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator.(CVE-2017-15804) - res_query in libresolv in glibc before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash).(CVE-2015-5180) - pt_chown in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.18 does not properly check permissions for tty files, which allows local users to change the permission on the files and obtain access to arbitrary pseudo-terminals by leveraging a FUSE file system.(CVE-2013-2207) - A stack overflow flaw was found in glibc
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2019-05-14
    plugin id125004
    published2019-05-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/125004
    titleEulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2019-1551)

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