Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2011-1659 First vendor Publication 2011-04-08
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1659

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19899
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19899
Title: VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console packages glibc and dhcp
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2011-1659
 Version: 4
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.1
VMWare ESX Server 4.0
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20430
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20430
Title: VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console packages glibc and dhcp
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2011-1659
 Version: 4
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.1
VMWare ESX Server 4.0
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21331
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21331
Title: RHSA-2011:0413: glibc security update (Important)
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2011:0413-01
CVE-2011-0536
CVE-2011-1071
CVE-2011-1095
CVE-2011-1658
CVE-2011-1659
 Version: 68
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
 Product(s): glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21873
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21873
Title: RHSA-2011:0412: glibc security update (Important)
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2011:0412-01
CESA-2011:0412
CVE-2010-0296
CVE-2011-0536
CVE-2011-1071
CVE-2011-1095
CVE-2011-1658
CVE-2011-1659
 Version: 81
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
 Product(s): glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23052
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23052
Title: ELSA-2011:0412: glibc security update (Important)
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011:0412-01
CVE-2010-0296
CVE-2011-0536
CVE-2011-1071
CVE-2011-1095
CVE-2011-1658
CVE-2011-1659
 Version: 29
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s): glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23373
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23373
Title: ELSA-2011:0413: glibc security update (Important)
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011:0413-01
CVE-2011-0536
CVE-2011-1071
CVE-2011-1095
CVE-2011-1658
CVE-2011-1659
 Version: 25
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
 Product(s): glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27432
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27432
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2011-0413 -- glibc security update (important)
Description: [2.12-1.7.el6_0.5] - Avoid too much stack use in fnmatch (#681054, CVE-2011-1071) - Properly quote output of locale (#625893, CVE-2011-1095) - Don't leave empty element in rpath when skipping the first element, ignore rpath elements containing non-isolated use of when privileged (#667974, CVE-2011-0536)
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011-0413
CVE-2011-0536
CVE-2011-1071
CVE-2011-1095
CVE-2011-1658
CVE-2011-1659
 Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
 Product(s): glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27918
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27918
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2011-0412 -- glibc security update (important)
Description: [2.5-58.el5_6.2] - Avoid too much stack use in fnmatch (#681054, CVE-2011-1071) - Properly quote output of locale (#625893, CVE-2011-1095) - Don't leave empty element in rpath when skipping the first element, ignore rpath elements containing non-isolated use of when privileged (#667974, CVE-2011-0536) - Fix handling of newline in addmntent (#559579, CVE-2010-0296) [2.5-58.el5_6.1] - Don't ignore in libraries (#682991)
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011-0412
CVE-2010-0296
CVE-2011-0536
CVE-2011-1071
CVE-2011-1095
CVE-2011-1658
CVE-2011-1659
 Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s): glibc
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 105

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for glibc CESA-2012:0125 centos4
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0125_glibc_centos4.nasl
2012-03-16 Name : VMSA-2011-0012.3 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX...
File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2011-0012.nasl
2012-03-12 Name : Ubuntu Update for eglibc USN-1396-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1396_1.nasl
2012-02-21 Name : RedHat Update for glibc RHSA-2012:0125-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_0125-01_glibc.nasl
2011-11-28 Name : Mandriva Update for glibc MDVSA-2011:178 (glibc)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2011_178.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
72100 GNU C Library posix/fnmatch.c fnmatch() Function Overflow DoS

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2011-10-27 IAVM : 2011-A-0147 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESX and ESXi
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0030545
2011-08-04 IAVM : 2011-A-0108 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESX Service Console
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0029562

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-08-19 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : f5_bigip_SOL09408132.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-04 Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2011-0012_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-04 Name : The remote VMware ESX host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2011-0010_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-12-03 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201312-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-11-13 Name : The remote VMware ESXi 5.0 host is affected by multiple security vulnerabilit...
File : vmware_esxi_5_0_build_515841_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0412.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0413.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0125.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-06 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2011-179.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20120213_glibc_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-03-12 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1396-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-02-14 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-0125.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-02-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0125.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-28 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2011-178.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-14 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2011-0012.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-08-01 Name : The remote VMware ESX host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : vmware_VMSA-2011-0010.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-04-15 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2011-0412.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-04-05 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-0413.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-04-05 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-0412.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8126d90480fa3e0c5c5cd0d...
Source Url
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12583
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179
MISC http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-executio...
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025450
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/44353
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66819

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