CVE-2009-5029
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2009-06-01 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
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.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 6.5 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (glibc) | ELSA-2012-0125 | 2012-02-13 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (glibc) | ELSA-2012-0126 | 2012-02-13 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (glibc) | ELSA-2012-0058 | 2012-01-24 |
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