CVE-2009-5029
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 2, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 9, 2010
Description
Integer overflow in the __tzfile_read function in glibc before 2.15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted timezone (TZ) file, as demonstrated using vsftpd.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- [libc-alpha] 20111215 integer overflow to heap overrun exploit in glibcmailing-list
- http://dividead.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/glibc-timezone-integer-overflow/
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97ac2654b2d831acaa18a2b018b0736245903fd2
- 20111203 VSFTPD Remote Heap Overrun (low severity)mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761245
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