GNU Bash Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	54937
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-3410
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 09 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 20 2016 12:05PM
Credit:	Henri Salo
Vulnerable:	SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS + Linux kernel 2.6.5 Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager 3.2 Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager 3.1 Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager 3.0 Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011 x86_64 Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011 Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64 Mandriva Business Server 1 GNU GNU bash 4.2 Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

GNU Bash Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

GNU Bash is prone to a remote stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application.

GNU Bash Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

GNU Bash Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011 x86_64

• Mandriva bash-4.2-9.1-mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/


• Mandriva bash-doc-4.2-9.1-mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011

• Mandriva bash-4.2-9.1-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/


• Mandriva bash-doc-4.2-9.1-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/

GNU Bash Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:

• GNU Bash (GNU)
  
• GNU Homepage (GNU)
  
• Bug 840091 - (CVE-2012-3410) CVE-2012-3410 bash: Stack-based buffer overflow (Bugzilla)
  
• cpujul2016: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2016 (Oracle)