FKIE_CVE-2016-1234

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-06-01 20:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:41
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24, when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long name.
References
security@debian.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.htmlIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.htmlIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html
security@debian.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/16Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84204Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
security@debian.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
security@debian.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19779Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.htmlIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.htmlIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/16Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84204Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19779Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu glibc *
opensuse leap 42.1
opensuse opensuse 13.2
fedoraproject fedora 23
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