Explain CVE-2011-1071
The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a "stack extension attack," a related issue to CVE-2010-2898, CVE-2010-1917, and CVE-2007-4782, as originally reported for use of this library by Google Chrome.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '46563', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46563'}, {'name': '8175', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SREASON'], 'url': 'http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8175'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054'}, {'name': '20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': '46397', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/46397'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2011:0412', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2011-0863', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://bugs.debian.org/615120'}, {'name': '43989', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/43989'}, {'name': '1025290', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://securitytracker.com/id?1025290'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11883'}, {'name': '43492', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/43492'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110228 cve request: eglibc memory corruption', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/26/3'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12853', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12853'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110228 Re: cve request: eglibc memory corruption', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/11'}, {'name': '20110224 glibc and alloca()', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_FULLDISC'], 'url': 'http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/635'}, {'name': '20110226 Re: glibc and alloca()', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_FULLDISC'], 'url': 'http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/644'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2011:178', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178'}, {'name': '43830', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/43830'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f15ce4d8dc139523fe0c273580b604b2453acba6'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2011:0413', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110228 Re: cve request: eglibc memory corruption', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/15'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED