CVE-2011-5320

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2011-01-22
Bugzilla:
1196745: CVE-2011-5320 glibc: scanf implementation crashes on certain inputs

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

scanf and related functions in glibc before 2.15 allow local users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a large string of 0s.

Find out more about CVE-2011-5320 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the version of glibc package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. A future update in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 may address this issue. This issue did not affect the versions of glibc as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Extended Life Cycle phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 1.9
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 glibc Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glibc Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 glibc Will not fix

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