CVE-2011-0524

N/A Unknown

Published: August 13, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the NMEA parser (nmea-gen.c) in gypsy 0.8 allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to the sprintf function.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106919.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106927.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107020.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00034.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/49991

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/10

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/10

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33431

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gypsy/+bug/690323

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106919.html