Bug 1315647 (CVE-2016-1234) - CVE-2016-1234 glibc: Stack-based buffer overflow in glob with GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC and crafted directory
Summary: CVE-2016-1234 glibc: Stack-based buffer overflow in glob with GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2016-1234
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1315648
Blocks: 1315649
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Reported: 2016-03-08 10:41 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 04:12 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: glibc 2.24
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2018-04-30 06:37:59 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-03-08 10:41:33 UTC 
It was found that glob implementation in glibc does not correctly handle overlong names in struct dirent buffers when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, causing large stack-based buffer overflow with controlled length and content.

Upstream bug (contains reproducer):

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-1234
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-03-08 10:42:04 UTC 
Created glibc tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1315648]
Comment 5 Stefan Cornelius 2016-07-28 10:36:49 UTC 
Upstream patch:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea
Comment 7 Stefan Cornelius 2016-08-11 10:41:34 UTC 
Statement:

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
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