PT-2016-4659 · Gnu+3 · Glibc+3

Alexander Cherepanov · Published 2016-05-12 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-1234

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions glibc versions prior to 2.24

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation of the GNU C Library. This occurs when GLOB ALTDIRFUNC is used, allowing context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash via a long name.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.24, update to version 2.24 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of long names when GLOB ALTDIRFUNC is enabled until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1480

ALT-PU-2016-2499

CVE-2016-1234

DLA-494-1

MGASA-2016-0206

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10154-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1721-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1733-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2156-1

SUSE-SU-2016_1721-1

SUSE-SU-2016_1733-1

SUSE-SU-2016_2156-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1

USN-3239-1

USN-3239-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Glibc

References · 115

• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea · Exploit
• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19779 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6323 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00766 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1234 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8982 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07717 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:1721-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8982 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2156-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/ICIY2WE4MCXHRVFZPY24JZKPAXG4PDIZ · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1234 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5417 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8984 · Security Note