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CVE-2014-5119

Off-by-one error in the __gconv_translit_find function in gconv_trans.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the CHARSET environment variable and gconv transliteration modules.

Published

2014-08-29T16:55:11.513

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-189

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	glibc	< 2.20	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes

References

http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/69 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60345 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60358 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60441 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/61074 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/61093 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-5119 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3012 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68983 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69738 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=96 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17187 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/69 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60345 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60358 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60441 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61074 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61093 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-5119 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3012 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68983 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69738 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=96 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17187 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)