Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting glibc package, versions <2.19-2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.86% (89th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-519823
- published 6 Oct 2014
- disclosed 6 Oct 2014
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.19-2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4043
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17048
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=blobdiff;f=ChangeLog;h=3020b9ac232315df362521aeaf85f21cb9926db8;hp=d86e73963dd9fb5e21b1a28326630337226812aa;hb=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362;hpb=c3a2ebe1f7541cc35937621e08c28ff88afd0845
- 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
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00012.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109263
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68006
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-4043
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93784
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:152
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bh=3020b9ac232315df362521aeaf85f21cb9926db8%3Bhp=d86e73963dd9fb5e21b1a28326630337226812aa%3Bhb=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362%3Bhpb=c3a2ebe1f7541cc35937621e08c28ff88afd0845
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=posix/spawn_faction_addopen.c%3Bh=40800b8e6e81341501c0fb8a91009529e2048dec%3Bhp=47f62425b696a4fdd511b2a057746322eb6518db%3Bhb=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362%3Bhpb=c3a2ebe1f7541cc35937621e08c28ff88afd0845
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362