CVE-2011-1071

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2010-08-05
IAVA:
2011-A-0108, 2011-A-0147
Bugzilla:
681054: CVE-2011-1071 CVE-2011-1659 glibc: fnmatch() alloca()-based memory corruption flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2011-1071 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (glibc) RHSA-2012:0125 2012-02-13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (glibc) RHSA-2011:0413 2011-04-04
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (glibc) RHSA-2011:0412 2011-04-04

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