Numeric Errors Affecting glibc package, versions <2.13-8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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EPSS
1.45% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GLIBC-356843
  • published8 Apr 2011
  • disclosed8 Apr 2011

Introduced: 8 Apr 2011

CVE-2011-1659  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable glibc to version 2.13-8 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.

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