CVE-2013-4237

Publication date 9 October 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

sysdeps/posix/readdir_r.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) NTFS or (2) CIFS image.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
eglibc	13.10 saucy	Fixed 2.17-93ubuntu2
	13.04 raring	Fixed 2.17-0ubuntu5.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 2.15-0ubuntu20.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.15-0ubuntu10.5
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.13

Notes

jdstrand

may only affect powerpc in practice

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
eglibc	Other: http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-05/msg00445.html Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=91ce40854d0b7f865cf5024ef95a8026b76096f3

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)