CVE-2016-1234

7.5 HIGH

Published: June 01, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24, when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long name.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html

Source: security@debian.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html

Source: security@debian.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html

Source: security@debian.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html

Source: security@debian.org

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0

Source: security@debian.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/16

Source: security@debian.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84204

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Source: security@debian.org

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Source: security@debian.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19779

Source: security@debian.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea

Source: security@debian.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html