6.8 - CVE-2012-0864

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-2012-0864	First vendor Publication	2013-05-02
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2024-11-21

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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score	6.8	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	6.4	Attack Complexity	Medium
Cvss Expoit Score	8.6	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

Integer overflow in the vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in glibc 2.14 and other versions allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE protection mechanism, conduct format string attacks, and write to arbitrary memory via a large number of arguments.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0864

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

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

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15237

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15237
Title:	USN-1396-1 -- GNU C Library vulnerabilities
Description:	eglibc: Embedded GNU C Library: sources - glibc: GNU C Library: Documentation Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and fixed in the GNU C Library.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	USN-1396-1 CVE-2009-5029 CVE-2010-0015 CVE-2011-1071 CVE-2011-1659 CVE-2011-1089 CVE-2011-1095 CVE-2011-1658 CVE-2011-2702 CVE-2011-4609 CVE-2012-0864	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10	Product(s):	GNU
Definition Synopsis:
Release section Ubuntu 11.04 is installed AND Installed architecture is all AND libc6 DPKG is earlier than 2.13-0ubuntu13.1 OR Release section Ubuntu 11.10 is installed AND Installed architecture is all AND libc6 DPKG is earlier than 2.13-20ubuntu5.1 OR Release section Ubuntu 8.04 is installed AND Installed architecture is all AND libc6 DPKG is earlier than 2.7-10ubuntu8.1 OR Release section Ubuntu 10.04 is installed AND Installed architecture is all AND Packages section libc-bin DPKG is earlier than 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.10 AND libc6 DPKG is earlier than 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.10 OR Release section Ubuntu 10.10 is installed AND Installed architecture is all AND Packages section libc-bin DPKG is earlier than 2.12.1-0ubuntu10.4 AND libc6 DPKG is earlier than 2.12.1-0ubuntu10.4

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20458

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20458
Title:	VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third party libraries
Description:	Integer overflow in the vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in glibc 2.14 and other versions allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE protection mechanism, conduct format string attacks, and write to arbitrary memory via a large number of arguments.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2012-0864	Version:	4
Platform(s):	VMWare ESX Server 4.1	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Patch ESX410-201208104-SG is not installed VMware ESX Server 4.1 is installed AND Patch ESX410-201208104-SG is not installed

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21353

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21353
Title:	RHSA-2012:0397: glibc security update (Moderate)
Description:	Integer overflow in the vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in glibc 2.14 and other versions allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE protection mechanism, conduct format string attacks, and write to arbitrary memory via a large number of arguments.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	RHSA-2012:0397-01 CESA-2012:0397 CVE-2012-0864	Version:	4
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5	Product(s):	glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Redhat 5 or Centos 5 release The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x Packages section nscd is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND glibc is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND glibc-devel is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND glibc-common is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND glibc-headers is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND glibc-utils is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21459

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21459
Title:	RHSA-2012:0393: glibc security and bug fix update (Moderate)
Description:	Integer overflow in the vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in glibc 2.14 and other versions allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE protection mechanism, conduct format string attacks, and write to arbitrary memory via a large number of arguments.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	RHSA-2012:0393-01 CESA-2012:0393 CVE-2012-0864	Version:	4
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 CentOS Linux 6	Product(s):	glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Redhat 6 or Centos 6 release The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 AND The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 6.x Packages section glibc-devel is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc-utils is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND nscd is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc-static is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc-common is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc-headers is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22667

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22667
Title:	ELSA-2012:0397: glibc security update (Moderate)
Description:	Integer overflow in the vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in glibc 2.14 and other versions allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE protection mechanism, conduct format string attacks, and write to arbitrary memory via a large number of arguments.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2012:0397-01 CVE-2012-0864	Version:	6
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):	glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 5.x rpm test nscd is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND glibc is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND glibc-devel is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND glibc-common is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND glibc-headers is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND glibc-utils is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23853

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23853
Title:	ELSA-2012:0393: glibc security and bug fix update (Moderate)
Description:	Integer overflow in the vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in glibc 2.14 and other versions allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE protection mechanism, conduct format string attacks, and write to arbitrary memory via a large number of arguments.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2012:0393-01 CVE-2012-0864	Version:	6
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 6	Product(s):	glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 6.x rpm test glibc-devel is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc-utils is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND nscd is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc-static is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc-common is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc-headers is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27625

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27625
Title:	DEPRECATED: ELSA-2012-0393 -- glibc security and bug fix update (moderate)
Description:	[2.12-1.47.el6_2.9] - Always use another area after a failed allocation in the main arena (#795328) - Remove sse3 memcpy (#695812) changes (#799259) [2.12-1.47.el6_2.8] - Avoid nargs integer overflow which could be used to bypass FORTIFY_SOURCE (#794815) [2.12-1.47.el6_2.7] - Fix locking on malloc family retry paths (#795328) [2.12-1.47.el6_2.6] - Fix cycle detection in dynamic loader (#783999)
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2012-0393 CVE-2012-0864	Version:	4
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 6	Product(s):	glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 6.x Packages match section glibc is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc-common is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc-devel is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc-headers is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc-static is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND glibc-utils is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 AND nscd is earlier than 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27835

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27835
Title:	DEPRECATED: ELSA-2012-0397 -- glibc security update (moderate)
Description:	[2.5-81.el5_8.1] - Add dist tag [when building file lists (#784646).] - Avoid nargs integer overflow which could be used to bypass FORTIFY_SOURCE (#794813)
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2012-0397 CVE-2012-0864	Version:	4
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):	glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 5.x Packages match section glibc is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND glibc-common is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND glibc-devel is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND glibc-headers is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND glibc-utils is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1 AND nscd is earlier than 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Gnu Glibc cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14:::::::*	1

ExploitDB Exploits

id	Description
2013-05-01	sudo v1.8.0-1.8.3p1 (sudo_debug) - Root Exploit + glibc FORTIFY_SOURCE Bypass

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2012-12-27	Name : VMSA-2012-0018: VMware security updates for vCSA and ESXi File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2012-0018.nasl
2012-08-31	Name : VMSA-2012-0013 VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third party libraries. File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2012-0013.nasl
2012-08-30	Name : Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-2123 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_2123_glibc_fc17.nasl
2012-07-30	Name : CentOS Update for glibc CESA-2012:0393 centos6 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0393_glibc_centos6.nasl
2012-07-30	Name : CentOS Update for glibc CESA-2012:0397 centos5 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0397_glibc_centos5.nasl
2012-07-09	Name : RedHat Update for glibc RHSA-2012:0393-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_0393-01_glibc.nasl
2012-04-02	Name : Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-2162 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_2162_glibc_fc16.nasl
2012-03-22	Name : RedHat Update for glibc RHSA-2012:0397-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_0397-01_glibc.nasl
2012-03-12	Name : Ubuntu Update for eglibc USN-1396-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1396_1.nasl
2012-03-09	Name : Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2012-2144 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_2144_glibc_fc15.nasl

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date	Description
2013-02-28	IAVM : 2013-B-0018 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter Server 5.0 Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0037063
2012-09-27	IAVM : 2012-A-0153 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0 Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0033884
2012-09-13	IAVM : 2012-B-0086 - VMware vCenter Operations Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0033791
2012-09-13	IAVM : 2012-A-0146 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter Update Manager 4.1 Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0033792
2012-09-13	IAVM : 2012-A-0147 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter Server 4.1 Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0033793
2012-09-13	IAVM : 2012-A-0148 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.1 Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0033794

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2016-02-29	Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch. File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0013_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-20	Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2013-1287-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-17	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0488.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-08	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0531.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 5.1 host is affected by multiple security vulnerabilit... File : vmware_esxi_5_1_build_1063671_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-11-13	Name : The remote VMware ESXi 5.0 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. File : vmware_esxi_5_0_build_912577_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-04	Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2012-57.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-29	Name : The remote host has a virtualization appliance installed that is affected by ... File : vcenter_operations_manager_vmsa_2012-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0393.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0397.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-17	Name : The remote host has an update manager installed that is affected by multiple ... File : vmware_vcenter_update_mgr_vmsa-2012-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-05	Name : The remote host has a virtualization management application installed that is... File : vmware_vcenter_vmsa-2012-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-12	Name : The remote host has a virtualization management application installed that is... File : vmware_vcenter_vmsa-2012-0018.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-12-24	Name : The remote VMware ESXi host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0018.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-31	Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat... File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20120319_glibc_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20120315_glibc_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-03-21	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2012-0397.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-03-20	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2012-0393.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-03-20	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0397.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-03-16	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0393.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
2012-03-08	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2012-2144.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-02-29	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2012-2123.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-02-27	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2012-2162.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0393.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0397.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7c1f4834d398163d1ac...
http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-02/msg00023.html
http://www.phrack.org/issues.html?issue=67&id=9#article
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52201
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=794766

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Alert History

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Date	Informations
2024-11-28 22:57:19	Multiple Updates
2024-11-28 12:28:59	Multiple Updates
2023-02-13 09:28:28	Multiple Updates
2023-02-02 21:28:37	Multiple Updates
2021-05-04 12:19:20	Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 01:23:03	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 00:33:01	Multiple Updates
2016-04-26 21:33:54	Multiple Updates
2016-03-01 13:26:32	Multiple Updates
2015-05-21 13:29:26	Multiple Updates
2014-11-18 13:26:01	Multiple Updates
2014-11-08 13:30:02	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 11:08:26	Multiple Updates
2013-11-11 12:39:48	Multiple Updates
2013-05-10 22:34:10	Multiple Updates
2013-05-03 17:19:48	Multiple Updates
2013-05-02 21:19:45	First insertion

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	8
CPE ID(s)	1
Sources(s)	9
ExploitDB Exploit(s)	1
Openvas Exploit(s)	10
IAVM(s)	6
Nessus® Exploit(s)	26

	Related
9.3	VMSA-2012-0013
7.8	VMSA-2012-0018
7.5	USN-1396-1
6.9	GLSA-201312-01
6.8	RHSA-2012:0397
6.8	RHSA-2012:0393
6.8	MDVSA-2013:162
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