CVE-2009-5029

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-5029
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-05-02 14:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.2 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.3 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.4 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.5 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.6 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.1.6 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.2 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.3 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.9 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.13 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
glibc timezone integer overflow « Dividead’s Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dividead.wordpress.com Exploit
[Full-disclosure] VSFTPD Remote Heap Overrun (low severity) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
761245 – (CVE-2009-5029) CVE-2009-5029 glibc: __tzfile_read integer overflow to buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org
Jeff Law - integer overflow to heap overrun exploit in glibc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org Exploit
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