Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20123406000
Revision Date:2014-02-10Version:1
Title:CVE-2012-3406 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
Description:The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.5, 2.12, and probably other versions does not "properly restrict the use of" the alloca function when allocating the SPECS array, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE format-string protection mechanism and cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted format string using positional parameters and a large number of format specifiers, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3404 and CVE-2012-3405.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2012-3406
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND The 'eglibc' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.15-0ubuntu10.2').
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