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F5 Networks: K15885 (CVE-2011-1071): GNU C Library vulnerability CVE-2011-1071

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F5 Networks: K15885 (CVE-2011-1071): GNU C Library vulnerability CVE-2011-1071

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/08/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/14/2016
Modified
02/16/2017

Description

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a "stack extension attack," a related issue to CVE-2010-2898, CVE-2010-1917, and CVE-2007-4782, as originally reported for use of this library by Google Chrome.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

  • 1025290
  • MDVSA-2011:178
  • RHSA-2011:0412
  • RHSA-2011:0413
  • 46563
  • CVE-2011-1071
  • USN-1396-1
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