CVE-2016-1234

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    CVE-2016-1234

    Published: 1 Jun 2016Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24, when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long name.

    References: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E, https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/16, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84204, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19779, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -fdfc9260b61d3d72541f18104d24c7bcb0ce5ca2

    Affected versions

    glibc-2.23
    glibc-2.23.90

    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
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