Upstream information

CVE-2012-3404 at MITRE

Description

The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in libc in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.12 and other versions does not properly calculate a buffer length, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE format-string protection mechanism and cause a denial of service (stack corruption and crash) via a format string that uses positional parameters and many format specifiers.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 770891 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
  • glibc >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-devel >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-html >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-i18ndata >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-info >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-locale >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • nscd >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-glibc
sledsp2-glibc
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2
  • glibc >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.45.53.1
  • glibc-devel >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.45.53.1
  • glibc-html >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-i18ndata >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-info >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-locale >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.45.53.1
  • glibc-locale-x86 >= 2.11.3-17.45.49.1
  • glibc-profile >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.45.53.1
  • glibc-profile-x86 >= 2.11.3-17.45.49.1
  • glibc-x86 >= 2.11.3-17.45.49.1
  • nscd >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-glibc
slessp2-glibc
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • glibc-html >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
  • glibc-info >= 2.11.3-17.43.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-glibc

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE glibc Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2 glibc Affected
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SAP Enterprise Search glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 glibc Unsupported

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 08:51:04 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 11 11:15:38 2024