UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4043

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4043

    Published: 13 Jun 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-4043
    Aliases:
    USN-2306-1

    Summary:

    Details: The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function in glibc before 2.20 does not copy its path argument in accordance with the POSIX specification, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger use-after-free vulnerabilities.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4043, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/13/2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2306-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4043

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: eglibc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.19-0ubuntu6.1

    Affected versions

    2.17-93ubuntu4

    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