Glibc stdlib Buffer Overflows May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1027374 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1027374
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2012-3480
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Aug 27 2012
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Original Entry Date: Aug 13 2012
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via local system, User access via local system
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Glibc. A local user can obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
A local user can supply specially crafted data to certain stdlib functions (e.g., strtod, strtof, strtold, strtod_l) to trigger an integer overflow and resulting buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code on the target system with the privileges of the target application.
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Impact:
A local user can obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a proposed fix.
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14459
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Vendor URL: www.gnu.org/software/libc/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any)
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