PT-2013-1669 · Gnu+2 · Gnu C Library+2

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2013-10-09 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2012-4412

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) versions 2.17 and earlier

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the GNU C Library, which can be triggered by a long string. This can cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly allow the execution of arbitrary code via a heap-based buffer overflow.

Recommendations For GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) versions 2.17 and earlier, update to a version later than 2.17 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1035

ALT-PU-2015-2084

CVE-2012-4412

DLA-165-1

MGASA-2013-0340

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10154-1

SUSE-RU-2015:0794-1

SUSE-SU-2013_1852-1

SUSE-SU-2013_1854-1

SUSE-SU-2014_1119-1

SUSE-SU-2014_1122-1

SUSE-SU-2014_1128-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0253-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0439-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0551-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Gnu C Library

Suse

References · 271

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/smtp/exim_gethostbyname_bof.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/aaronfay/CVE-2015-0235-test · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/makelinux/CVE-2015-0235-workaround · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/arm13/ghost_exploit · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/geekben/cve-collections/blob/master/cve20150235poc.c · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/mikesplain/CVE-2015-0235-cookbook · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/mholzinger/CVE-2015-0235_GHOST · Exploit
• 🔥 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/37783 · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2207 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2015-2084 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09813 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8984 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0475 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09867 · Security Note