CVE-2008-1391

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1391
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-27 17:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in libc in NetBSD 4.x, FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x, and probably other BSD and Apple Mac OS platforms allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via large values of certain integer fields in the format argument to (1) the strfmon function in lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c, related to the GET_NUMBER macro; and (2) the printf function, related to left_prec and right_prec.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.0 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.0 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.0_p5_release All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0 pre-release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0_beta4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0_releng All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: glibc (SUSE-SA:2010:052) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
APPLE-SA-2008-12-15 Security Update 2008-008 / Mac OS X v10.5.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
FreeBSD "strfmon()" Multiple Integer Overflows - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVS log for src/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvsweb.netbsd.org
About the security content of Security Update 2008-008 / Mac OS X v10.5.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityReason - *BSD libc (strfmon) Multiple vulnerabilities ( Research Advisory ) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Exploit
SecurityReason - *BSD libc (strfmon) Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Exploit
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-350A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Multiple BSD Platforms 'strfmon()' Function Integer Overflow Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - libc strfmon() Integer Overflows May Let Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2058-1 glibc, eglibc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-09-24Tomas HogerRed Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. Properly written application should not use arbitrary untrusted data as part of the format string passed to functions as strfmon or printf family functions.

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