SB2013101005 - Buffer overflow in GNU Glibc
Published: October 10, 2013 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013101005
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4237)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
sysdeps/posix/readdir_r.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) NTFS or (2) CIFS image.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/12/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61729
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995839
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14699
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=91ce40854d0b7f865cf5024ef95a8026b76096f3