GNU Glibc Stack Exhaustion Flaw in regcomp() Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1024832 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1024832
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2010-4051, CVE-2010-4052
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Dec 8 2010
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2.12.1, possibly other versions
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Glibc. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can supply specially crafted data to an application that uses the regcomp() function to cause the target application to consume excessive stack memory and crash.
Maksymilian Arciemowicz reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
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Solution:
No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.gnu.org/software/libc/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Resource error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any)
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