CVE-2011-1071

Public Exploit

Description

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a "stack extension attack," a related issue to CVE-2010-2898, CVE-2010-1917, and CVE-2007-4782, as originally reported for use of this library by Google Chrome.

Category

5.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.16% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46563 vdb entry exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8175 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054 patch exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/615120 exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/43989 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025290 vdb entry
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11883 exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/43492 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/26/3 mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12853 vdb entry signature
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/11 mailing list exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/635 mailing list exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/644 mailing list patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43830 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f15ce4d8dc139523fe0c273580b604b2453acba6
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.html vendor advisory
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.html exploit
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/15 mailing list
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733 exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1071?
CVE-2011-1071 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1071?
To fix CVE-2011-1071, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-1071 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-1071 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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