CVE-2011-1659

Publication date 8 April 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
eglibc	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Fixed 2.13-0ubuntu13.1
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 2.12.1-0ubuntu10.4
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.10
	9.10 karmic	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
glibc	11.10 oneiric	Not in release
	11.04 natty	Not in release
	10.10 maverick	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 2.7-10ubuntu8.1
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
eglibc	Upstream: http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=8126d90480fa3e0c5c5cd0d02cb1c93174b45485
glibc	Upstream: http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=8126d90480fa3e0c5c5cd0d02cb1c93174b45485

CVE-2011-1659

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