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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1234

Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24, when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, allows context-dependen...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 glibc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.22-8"}]}]

Debian:13 glibc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.22-8"}]}]

Debian:14 glibc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.22-8"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org