CVE-2014-9761

HIGH

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) nan, (2) nanf, or (3) nanl function.

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/11

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83306

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16962

https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00502.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-04-19

Updated: 2019-06-13

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.5

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

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: CRITICAL

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp2:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:vmware:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 2.22 (inclusive)

Configuration 4

OR

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (25 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
127324NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : glibc Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0099)NessusNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
high
125005EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2019-1552)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
105438F5 Networks BIG-IP : glibc vulnerability (K31211252)NessusF5 Networks Local Security Checks
high
103058EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2017-1200)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
103057EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2017-1199)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
102865Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2017-877)NessusAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
high
102743CentOS 7 : glibc (CESA-2017:1916)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
102641Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL7.x x86_64 (20170801)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
102288Oracle Linux 7 : glibc (ELSA-2017-1916)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
102149RHEL 7 : glibc (RHSA-2017:1916)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
99216Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20170321)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
99078OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : glibc (OVMSA-2017-0051)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
99070Oracle Linux 6 : glibc (ELSA-2017-0680)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
97958CentOS 6 : glibc (CESA-2017:0680)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
97881RHEL 6 : glibc (RHSA-2017:0680)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
97254GLSA-201702-11 : GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
high
91341Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : eglibc, glibc regression (USN-2985-2)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
91334Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities (USN-2985-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
91063Fedora 23 : glibc-2.22-15.fc23 (2016-68abc0be35)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
88855openSUSE Security Update : glibc (openSUSE-2016-233)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
88833SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2016:0472-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
88832SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2016:0471-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
88831SUSE SLES11 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2016:0470-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
88829openSUSE Security Update : glibc (openSUSE-2016-224)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
88599Debian DLA-411-2 : eglibc regression updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high