PT-2013-1670 · Gnu+1 · Gnu C Library+1

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2013-10-09 · Updated 2017-07-01 · CVE-2012-4424

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/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 a stack-based buffer overflow that can be triggered by a long string, potentially leading to a denial of service (crash) or the execution of arbitrary code. This occurs due to a malloc failure and the use of the alloca function.

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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1035

ALT-PU-2015-2084

CVE-2012-4424

DLA-165-1

MGASA-2013-0340

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Gnu C Library

References · 187

• 🔥 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
• 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
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-1035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0475 · Security Note