CVE-2014-5119
HIGHEPSS 97th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/69
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60345
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60358
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60441
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61074
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61093
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-5119
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3012
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68983
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69738
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=96
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17187
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