CVE-2014-4043

Published: October 6, 2014Last modified: November 10, 2023

Description

The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function in glibc before 2.20 does not copy its path argument in accordance with the POSIX specification, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Status

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00012.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:152
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68006
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109263
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93784
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17048
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bh=3020b9ac232315df362521aeaf85f21cb9926db8%3Bhp=d86e73963dd9fb5e21b1a28326630337226812aa%3Bhb=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362%3Bhpb=c3a2ebe1f7541cc35937621e08c28ff88afd0845
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=posix/spawn_faction_addopen.c%3Bh=40800b8e6e81341501c0fb8a91009529e2048dec%3Bhp=47f62425b696a4fdd511b2a057746322eb6518db%3Bhb=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362%3Bhpb=c3a2ebe1f7541cc35937621e08c28ff88afd0845
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362