CVE-2011-1659

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    CVE-2011-1659

    Published: 8 Apr 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/44353, http://secunia.com/advisories/46397, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html, http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733, http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.html, http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12583, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054, http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12583, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054, http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8126d90480fa3e0c5c5cd0d02cb1c93174b45485, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025450, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66819

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High