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Cent OS: CVE-2014-5119: CESA-2014:1110 (glibc)

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Cent OS: CVE-2014-5119: CESA-2014:1110 (glibc)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/29/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Off-by-one error in the __gconv_translit_find function in gconv_trans.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the CHARSET environment variable and gconv transliteration modules.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-glibc
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-common
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-devel
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-headers
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-static
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-utils
  • centos-upgrade-nscd

References

  • 68983
  • DSA-3012
  • GLSA-201602-02
  • MDVSA-2014:175
  • CVE-2014-5119
  • RHSA-2014:1110
  • RHSA-2014:1118
  • SUSE-SU-2014:1125
  • USN-2328-1
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