CVE-2012-3406
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 3.16 % · percentile 88 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.5, 2.12, and probably other versions does not "properly restrict the use of" the alloca function when allocating the SPECS array, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE format-string protection mechanism and cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted format string using positional parameters and a large number of format specifiers, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3404 and CVE-2012-3405.
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1200.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826943
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1097.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1098.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1589-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1185.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/17
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=594722
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2012-3377
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2012-3406
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTA-2013-AVI-146 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTA-2012-AVI-759 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |