ghsa-8mj9-m673-h2gf
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 01:08
Modified
2022-05-14 01:08
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-3406"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2014-02-10T18:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-8mj9-m673-h2gf",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T01:08:00Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:08:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3406"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=594722"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826943"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1097.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1098.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1185.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1200.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/17"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1589-1"
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  "severity": []
}


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