CVE-2013-0242

CVE Details

Release Date:	2013-01-29
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

Buffer overflow in the extend_buffers function in the regular expression matcher (posix/regexec.c) in glibc, possibly 2.17 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via crafted multibyte characters.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.3
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (glibc)	ELSA-2013-0769	2013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (glibc)	ELSA-2013-1605	2013-11-25