CVE-2009-5029 (GCVE-0-2009-5029)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-05-02 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:24
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Summary
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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CWE
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