Numeric Errors Affecting glibc-devel package, versions <0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.07% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-GLIBCDEVEL-2468153
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Feb 2014

Introduced: 10 Feb 2014

CVE-2012-3405  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 glibc-devel to version 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2012-1098.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-devel package and not the glibc-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in libc in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.14 and other versions does not properly calculate a buffer length, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE format-string protection mechanism and cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a format string with a large number of format specifiers that triggers "desynchronization within the buffer size handling," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3404.

CVSS Scores

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