PT-2017-8947 · Uclibc · Uclibc+1

Lucian Cojocar · Published 2017-01-27 · Updated 2021-05-19 · CVE-2016-6264

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 uClibc-ng versions prior to 1.0.16 uClibc versions prior to 1.0.16

Description The issue is caused by an integer signedness error in the libc/string/arm/memset.S file, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by providing a negative length value to the memset function.

Recommendations For uClibc-ng versions prior to 1.0.16, update to version 1.0.16 or later. For uClibc versions prior to 1.0.16, update to version 1.0.16 or later.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6264

DLA-561-1

Affected Products

Uclibc

Uclibc-Ng

References · 10

• http://mailman.uclibc-ng.org/pipermail/devel/2016-July/001067.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6264 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/3 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6264 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mailman.uclibc-ng.org/pipermail/devel/2016-May/000890.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6264 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6264 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/6 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/2 · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91492 · Note