FKIE_CVE-2009-5029

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-05-02 14:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://dividead.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/glibc-timezone-integer-overflow/Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2011-December/084452.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97ac2654b2d831acaa18a2b018b0736245903fd2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2011-12/msg00037.htmlExploit
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761245
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://dividead.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/glibc-timezone-integer-overflow/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2011-December/084452.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97ac2654b2d831acaa18a2b018b0736245903fd2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2011-12/msg00037.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761245
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu glibc *
gnu glibc 2.0
gnu glibc 2.0.1
gnu glibc 2.0.2
gnu glibc 2.0.3
gnu glibc 2.0.4
gnu glibc 2.0.5
gnu glibc 2.0.6
gnu glibc 2.1
gnu glibc 2.1.1
gnu glibc 2.1.1.6
gnu glibc 2.1.2
gnu glibc 2.1.3
gnu glibc 2.1.9
gnu glibc 2.13
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