GNU glibc 'stdio-common/vfscanf.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	72790
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2011-5320
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Aug 28 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 15 2015 12:31AM
Credit:	Nelson A. de Oliveira
Vulnerable:	GNU glibc 2.12.2 GNU glibc 2.12.1 GNU glibc 2.11.2 GNU glibc 2.11.1 GNU glibc 2.10.1 GNU glibc 2.1.9 GNU glibc 2.1.3 + Conectiva Linux 6.0 + Conectiva Linux 5.1 + Conectiva Linux 5.0 + Conectiva Linux graficas + Conectiva Linux ecommerce + Debian Linux 2.2 sparc + Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc + Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32 + Debian Linux 2.2 arm + Debian Linux 2.2 alpha + Debian Linux 2.2 68k + Debian Linux 2.2 + EnGarde Secure Linux 1.0.1 + HP Secure OS software for Linux 1.0 + MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1 + MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1 + Openwall Openwall GNU/*/Linux 0.1 -stable + Red Hat Linux 6.2 + RedHat Linux 6.2 sparcv9 + RedHat Linux 6.2 sparc + RedHat Linux 6.2 i386 + RedHat Linux 6.2 alpha + S.u.S.E. Linux 7.0 sparc + S.u.S.E. Linux 7.0 ppc + S.u.S.E. Linux 7.0 i386 + S.u.S.E. Linux 7.0 alpha + S.u.S.E. Linux 7.0 + S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4 ppc + S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4 i386 + S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4 alpha + S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4 + Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 + Trustix Secure Linux 1.2 + Trustix Secure Linux 1.1 + Trustix Secure Linux 1.0 1 GNU glibc 2.1.2 GNU glibc 2.1.1 GNU glibc 2.1 GNU glibc 2.0.6 GNU glibc 2.0.5 GNU glibc 2.0.4 GNU glibc 2.0.3 GNU glibc 2.0.2 GNU glibc 2.0.1 GNU glibc 2.0 GNU glibc 2.14.1 GNU glibc 2.14 GNU glibc 2.13 GNU Cfengine 1.2.3
Not Vulnerable:

GNU glibc 'stdio-common/vfscanf.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

GNU glibc is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability.

Successful exploits may allow an attacker to cause an affected application to crash, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

GNU glibc 'stdio-common/vfscanf.c' Denial of Service 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 glibc 'stdio-common/vfscanf.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

GNU glibc 'stdio-common/vfscanf.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• GNU C Library Homepage (GNU)