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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-1234

Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24, when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long name.
Publish Date : 2016-06-01 Last Update Date : 2021-09-01
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
5.0
Confidentiality Impact None (There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact Partial (There is reduced performance or interruptions in resource availability.)
Access Complexity Low (Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. )
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Denial Of ServiceOverflow
CWE ID 119

- Products Affected By CVE-2016-1234

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 OS Fedoraproject Fedora 23 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 Application GNU Glibc * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 OS Opensuse Leap 42.1 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 OS Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora 1
GNU Glibc 1
Opensuse Leap 1
Opensuse Opensuse 1

- References For CVE-2016-1234

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
MLIST [bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
GENTOO GLSA-201702-11
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19779 CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84204
BID 84204 GNU glibc CVE-2016-1234 Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Release Date:2017-03-28
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2016:1779
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
MLIST [bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
FEDORA FEDORA-2016-68abc0be35
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0
FULLDISC 20210901 SEC Consult SA-20210901-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in MOXA devices
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/16
MLIST [oss-security] 20160307 CVE-2016-1234 in glibc glob with GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2016:1527

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2016-1234

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)


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