CVE-2011-1071

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2011-1071 · Published 08/04/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
glibc gnu	`= 1.00= 1.01= 1.02= 1.03= 1.04= 1.05= 1.06= 1.07= 1.08= 1.09= 1.09.1= 2.0= 2.0.1= 2.0.2= 2.0.3= 2.0.4= 2.0.5= 2.0.6= 2.1= 2.1.1= 2.1.1.6= 2.1.2= 2.1.3= 2.1.3.10= 2.1.9= 2.10= 2.10.1= 2.10.2= 2.11= 2.11.1= 2.11.2= 2.11.3= 2.12.0= 2.2= 2.2.1= 2.2.2= 2.2.3= 2.2.4= 2.2.5= 2.3= 2.3.1= 2.3.10= 2.3.2= 2.3.3= 2.3.4= 2.3.5= 2.3.6= 2.4= 2.5= 2.5.1= 2.6= 2.6.1= 2.7= 2.8= 2.9≤ 2.12.1`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

bugs.debian.org/615120 · Exploit
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail · Exploit
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/26/3
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/11 · Exploit
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/15
scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.html · Exploit
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/635 · Exploit
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/644 · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/43492 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/43830 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/43989 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/46397 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/8175

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