Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc package, versions <2.17-94
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-531210
- published 9 Oct 2013
- disclosed 9 Oct 2013
Introduced: 9 Oct 2013
CVE-2013-4237 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.17-94 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.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4237
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14699
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=91ce40854d0b7f865cf5024ef95a8026b76096f3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/12/8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995839
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61729
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-4237
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1391
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4237
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=91ce40854d0b7f865cf5024ef95a8026b76096f3
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