Bug 1196745 – CVE-2011-5320 glibc: scanf implementation crashes on certain inputs

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Bug 1196745 - (CVE-2011-5320) CVE-2011-5320 glibc: scanf implementation crashes on certain inputs

Summary:	CVE-2011-5320 glibc: scanf implementation crashes on certain inputs

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2011-5320

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

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Blocks:	1188240 1196746
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Reported:	2015-02-26 11:13 EST by Vasyl Kaigorodov
Modified:	2018-02-08 09:47 EST (History)
CC List:	10 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	glibc 2.15
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2018-02-07 23:00:09 EST
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Description Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-02-26 11:13:27 EST

It was reported [1] that scanf and related functions are crashing due to a bug [2] in glibc.

[1]: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/686
[2]: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13138

Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2015-07-17 01:55:58 EDT

Statement:

This issue affects the version of glibc package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. A future update in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 may address this issue. This issue did not affect the versions of glibc as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Extended Life Cycle phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.

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