Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2013-4237 First vendor Publication 2013-10-09
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-02-13

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

sysdeps/posix/readdir_r.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) NTFS or (2) CIFS image.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4237

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25129
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25129
Title: SUSE-SU-2013:1852-1 -- Security update for glibc
Description: This update for glibc contains the following fixes: * Fix integer overflows in malloc (CVE-2013-4332, bnc#839870) * Fix buffer overflow in glob (bnc#691365) * Fix buffer overflow in strcoll (CVE-2012-4412, bnc#779320) * Update mount flags in <sys/mount.h> (bnc#791928) * Fix buffer overrun in regexp matcher (CVE-2013-0242, bnc#801246) * Fix memory leaks in dlopen (bnc#811979) * Fix stack overflow in getaddrinfo with many results (CVE-2013-1914, bnc#813121) * Don't raise UNDERFLOW in tan/tanf for small but normal argument (bnc#819347) * Properly cross page boundary in SSE4.2 implementation of strcmp (bnc#822210) * Fix robust mutex handling after fork (bnc#827811) * Fix missing character in IBM-943 charset (bnc#828235) * Fix use of alloca in gaih_inet (bnc#828637) * Initialize pointer guard also in static executables (CVE-2013-4788, bnc#830268) * Fix readdir_r with long file names (CVE-2013-4237, bnc#834594).
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2013:1852-1
CVE-2013-4332
CVE-2012-4412
CVE-2013-0242
CVE-2013-1914
CVE-2013-4788
CVE-2013-4237
 Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
 Product(s): glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25513
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25513
Title: SUSE-SU-2013:1854-1 -- Security update for glibc
Description: This update for glibc contains the following fixes: * Fix integer overflows in malloc (CVE-2013-4332, bnc#839870) * Fix buffer overflow in glob (bnc#691365) * Fix buffer overflow in strcoll (CVE-2012-4412, bnc#779320) * Update mount flags in <sys/mount.h> (bnc#791928) * Fix buffer overrun in regexp matcher (CVE-2013-0242, bnc#801246) * Fix memory leaks in dlopen (bnc#811979) * Fix stack overflow in getaddrinfo with many results (CVE-2013-1914, bnc#813121) * Fix check for XEN build in glibc_post_upgrade that causes missing init re-exec (bnc#818628) * Don't raise UNDERFLOW in tan/tanf for small but normal argument (bnc#819347) * Properly cross page boundary in SSE4.2 implementation of strcmp (bnc#822210) * Fix robust mutex handling after fork (bnc#827811) * Fix missing character in IBM-943 charset (bnc#828235) * Fix use of alloca in gaih_inet (bnc#828637) * Initialize pointer guard also in static executables (CVE-2013-4788, bnc#830268) * Fix readdir_r with long file names (CVE-2013-4237, bnc#834594).
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2013:1854-1
CVE-2013-4332
CVE-2012-4412
CVE-2013-0242
CVE-2013-1914
CVE-2013-4788
CVE-2013-4237
 Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
 Product(s): glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26877
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26877
Title: SUSE-SU-2014:1119-1 -- Security update for glibc
Description: This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and the following security and non security issues: * bnc#892073: An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow was found in __gconv_translit_find(). An exploit that targets the problem is publicly available. (CVE-2014-5119) * bnc#772242: Replace scope handing with master state * bnc#779320: Fix buffer overflow in strcoll (CVE-2012-4412) * bnc#818630: Fall back to localhost if no nameserver defined * bnc#828235: Fix missing character in IBM-943 charset * bnc#828637: Fix use of alloca in gaih_inet * bnc#834594: Fix readdir_r with long file names (CVE-2013-4237) Security Issues: * CVE-2014-5119 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5119> * CVE-2013-4237 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4237> * CVE-2012-4412 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4412>
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2014:1119-1
CVE-2014-5119
CVE-2012-4412
CVE-2013-4237
 Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
 Product(s): glibc
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 113

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-05-20 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2014-1128-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-20 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2014-1122-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-20 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2014-1119-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-26 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-165.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-09 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201503-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-26 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2014-0033.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-12 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2014-1391.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-04 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20141014_glibc_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-10-24 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2014-296-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-10-17 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1391.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-10-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2014-1391.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2013-723.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-12-10 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_glibc-130917.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-12-10 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_glibc-130913.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-11-26 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2013-283.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-22 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1991-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-08-22 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-15053.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61729
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995839
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14699
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
MISC https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=91ce4085...
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/12/8
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1

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