CVE-2012-6090

Summary

CVECVE-2012-6090
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-04 11:52:00 UTC
Updated2013-01-04 15:09:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple stack-based buffer overflows in the expand function in os/pl-glob.c in SWI-Prolog before 6.2.5 and 6.3.x before 6.3.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.10.0 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.10.1 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.10.2 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.10.3 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.10.4 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.10.5 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.50 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.51 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.52 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.53 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.54 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.55 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.56 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.57 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.58 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.59 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.61 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.62 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.63 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.64 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.8.0 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.8.1 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.8.2 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.8.3 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.0.0 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.0.1 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.0.2 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.2.0 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.2.1 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.2.2 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.2.3 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.3.0 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.3.1 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.3.2 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.3.3 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.3.4 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.3.5 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.3.6 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.10.0 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.10.1 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.10.2 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.10.3 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.10.4 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.10.5 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.50 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.51 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.52 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.53 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.54 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.55 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.56 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.57 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.58 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.59 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.61 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.62 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.63 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.6.64 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.8.0 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.8.1 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.8.2 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 5.8.3 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.0.0 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.0.1 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.0.2 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.2.0 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.2.1 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.2.2 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.2.3 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.3.0 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.3.1 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.3.2 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.3.3 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.3.4 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.3.5 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog 6.3.6 All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SWI-Prolog git services moved to github CONFIRM www.swi-prolog.org Patch
891577 – (CVE-2012-6089, CVE-2012-6090) CVE-2012-6089 CVE-2012-6090 pl: buffer overflows in path canonisation and expansion of file names with long paths CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
[SWIPL] Ann: SWI-Prolog 6.3.7 and 6.2.5 MLIST lists.iai.uni-bonn.de Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request - SWI-Prolog / pl (X < 6.2.5): Multiple (stack-based) buffer overflows in patch canonisation code and when expanding file-names with long paths MLIST openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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