ghsa-m45f-chfc-x7hh
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-02 04:00
Modified
2025-04-11 04:09
Details

Integer overflow in the __tzfile_read function in glibc before 2.15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted timezone (TZ) file, as demonstrated using vsftpd.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2009-5029"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2013-05-02T14:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Integer overflow in the __tzfile_read function in glibc before 2.15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted timezone (TZ) file, as demonstrated using vsftpd.",
  "id": "GHSA-m45f-chfc-x7hh",
  "modified": "2025-04-11T04:09:59Z",
  "published": "2022-05-02T04:00:44Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5029"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0058"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0125"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0126"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5029"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761245"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://dividead.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/glibc-timezone-integer-overflow"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2011-December/084452.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97ac2654b2d831acaa18a2b018b0736245903fd2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=97ac2654b2d831acaa18a2b018b0736245903fd2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2011-12/msg00037.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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