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CVE-2011-1659

Published: Apr 08, 2011 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
5.1 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1659
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
GlibcGnu*2.13 (including)
GlibcGnu1.00 (including)1.00 (including)
GlibcGnu1.01 (including)1.01 (including)
GlibcGnu1.02 (including)1.02 (including)
GlibcGnu1.03 (including)1.03 (including)
GlibcGnu1.04 (including)1.04 (including)
GlibcGnu1.05 (including)1.05 (including)
GlibcGnu1.06 (including)1.06 (including)
GlibcGnu1.07 (including)1.07 (including)
GlibcGnu1.08 (including)1.08 (including)
GlibcGnu1.09 (including)1.09 (including)
GlibcGnu1.09.1 (including)1.09.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.4 (including)2.0.4 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.6 (including)2.0.6 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.1.6 (including)2.1.1.6 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.3 (including)2.1.3 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.3.10 (including)2.1.3.10 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.9 (including)2.1.9 (including)
GlibcGnu2.2 (including)2.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.2.2 (including)2.2.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.2.3 (including)2.2.3 (including)
GlibcGnu2.2.4 (including)2.2.4 (including)
GlibcGnu2.2.5 (including)2.2.5 (including)
GlibcGnu2.3 (including)2.3 (including)
GlibcGnu2.3.1 (including)2.3.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.3.2 (including)2.3.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.3.3 (including)2.3.3 (including)
GlibcGnu2.3.4 (including)2.3.4 (including)
GlibcGnu2.3.5 (including)2.3.5 (including)
GlibcGnu2.3.6 (including)2.3.6 (including)
GlibcGnu2.3.10 (including)2.3.10 (including)
GlibcGnu2.4 (including)2.4 (including)
GlibcGnu2.5 (including)2.5 (including)
GlibcGnu2.5.1 (including)2.5.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.6 (including)2.6 (including)
GlibcGnu2.6.1 (including)2.6.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.7 (including)2.7 (including)
GlibcGnu2.8 (including)2.8 (including)
GlibcGnu2.9 (including)2.9 (including)
GlibcGnu2.10 (including)2.10 (including)
GlibcGnu2.10.1 (including)2.10.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.10.2 (including)2.10.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.11 (including)2.11 (including)
GlibcGnu2.11.1 (including)2.11.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.11.2 (including)2.11.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.11.3 (including)2.11.3 (including)
GlibcGnu2.12.0 (including)2.12.0 (including)
GlibcGnu2.12.1 (including)2.12.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.12.2 (including)2.12.2 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatglibc-0:2.3.4-2.57*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatglibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatglibc-0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5*
EglibcUbuntukarmic*
EglibcUbuntulucid*
EglibcUbuntumaverick*
EglibcUbuntunatty*
GlibcUbuntudapper*
GlibcUbuntuhardy*

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