Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21515
Revision Date:2014-02-24Version:11
Title:RHSA-2012:1097: glibc security and bug fix update (Moderate)
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:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CESA-2012:1097
CVE-2012-3406
RHSA-2012:1097-00
Platform(s):CentOS Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Product(s):glibc
Definition Synopsis
  • Redhat 5 or Centos 5 release
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • OR The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
  • AND Packages section
  • glibc-common is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.4
  • OR glibc is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.4
  • OR glibc-devel is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.4
  • OR glibc-utils is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.4
  • OR nscd is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.4
  • OR glibc-headers is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.4
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