CVE-2016-2090

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2090
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-13 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:30:00 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one vulnerability in the fgetwln function in libbsd before 0.8.2 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Application Freedesktop Libbsd All All All All
Application Freedesktop Libbsd All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: libbsd-0.8.3-1.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Heap buffer overflow in fgetwln function of libbsd | The Fuzzing Project MISC blog.fuzzing-project.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: libbsd-0.8.3-1.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 93881 – libbsd: heap buffer overflow in fgetwln() CONFIRM bugs.freedesktop.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2052-1] libbsd security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: libbsd-0.8.3-1.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
libbsd: Arbitrary code execution (GLSA 201607-13) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
USN-4243-1: libbsd vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Heap buffer overflow in fgetwln function of libbsd MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
libbsd - Utility functions from BSD systems CONFIRM cgit.freedesktop.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: libbsd-0.8.3-1.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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