CVE-2012-3404
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in libc in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.12 and other versions does not properly calculate a buffer length, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE format-string protection mechanism and cause a denial of service (stack corruption and crash) via a format string that uses positional parameters and many format specifiers.
Find out more about CVE-2012-3404 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the version of glibc as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| 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 6 (glibc) | RHSA-2012:1098 | 2012-07-18 |
| RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 (rhev-hypervisor6) | RHSA-2012:1200 | 2012-08-23 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | glibc | Not affected |
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