Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20123405000
Revision Date:2014-02-10Version:1
Title:CVE-2012-3405 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
Description:The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in libc in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.14 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 (segmentation fault and crash) via a format string with a large number of format specifiers that triggers "desynchronization within the buffer size handling," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3404.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2012-3405
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND While related to the CVE in some way, the 'eglibc' package in precise is not affected.
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