CVE-2009-5029

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Description

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

http://dividead.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/glibc-timezone-integer-overflow/

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2011-December/084452.html

http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=97ac2654b2d831acaa18a2b018b0736245903fd2

http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2011-12/msg00037.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761245

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2013-05-02

Updated: 2013-05-03

Type: CWE-189

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 2.14 (inclusive)

Tenable Plugins

View all (29 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
89038VMware ESX / ESXi Third-Party Libraries Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2012-0013) (remote check)NessusMisc.
high
83597SUSE SLES10 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2013:1287-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
79283RHEL 5 : rhev-hypervisor5 (RHSA-2012:0168)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
75853openSUSE Security Update : glibc (openSUSE-SU-2012:0064-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
75520openSUSE Security Update : glibc (openSUSE-SU-2012:0064-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
74651openSUSE Security Update : glibc (openSUSE-2012-32)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
71167GLSA-201312-01 : GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
medium
70886ESXi 5.1 < Build 1063671 Multiple Vulnerabilities (remote check)NessusMisc.
medium
70885ESXi 5.0 < Build 912577 Multiple Vulnerabilities (remote check)NessusMisc.
high
69646Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2012-39)NessusAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
medium
68456Oracle Linux 5 : glibc (ELSA-2012-0126)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
68455Oracle Linux 4 : glibc (ELSA-2012-0125)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
68436Oracle Linux 6 : glibc (ELSA-2012-0058)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
63332VMSA-2012-0018 : VMware security updates for vCSA and ESXiNessusVMware ESX Local Security Checks
high
61747VMSA-2012-0013 : VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third-party librariesNessusVMware ESX Local Security Checks
critical
61244Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120213)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
61243Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL4.x i386/x86_64 (20120213)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
61223Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120124)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
58318Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 : eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities (USN-1396-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
57929RHEL 5 : glibc (RHSA-2012:0126)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
57928RHEL 4 : glibc (RHSA-2012:0125)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
57924CentOS 5 : glibc (CESA-2012:0126)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
medium
57923CentOS 4 : glibc (CESA-2012:0125)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
57894Slackware 13.1 / 13.37 / current : glibc (SSA:2012-041-03)NessusSlackware Local Security Checks
medium
57730CentOS 6 : glibc (CESA-2012:0058)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
medium
57676RHEL 6 : glibc (RHSA-2012:0058)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
57584Fedora 15 : glibc-2.14.1-5 (2012-0018)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
57435SuSE 10 Security Update : glibc (ZYPP Patch Number 7896)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
57434SuSE 11.1 Security Update : glibc (SAT Patch Number 5555)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium