DSA-103-1 glibc -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-103-1 glibc -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

13 Jan 2002

Affected Packages:

glibc

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2001-0886.

More information:

A buffer overflow has been found in the globbing code for glibc. This is the code which is used to glob patterns for filenames and is commonly used in applications like shells and FTP servers.

This has been fixed in version 2.1.3-20 and we recommend that you upgrade your libc package immediately.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/glibc_2.1.3-20.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/glibc_2.1.3-20.dsc

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/glibc_2.1.3.orig.tar.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-all/glibc-doc_2.1.3-20_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-all/i18ndata_2.1.3-20_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/libc6.1-dbg_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/libc6.1-dev_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/libc6.1-pic_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/libc6.1-prof_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/libc6.1_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/libnss1-compat_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/locales_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/nscd_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-20_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/libc6-dev_2.1.3-20_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/libc6-pic_2.1.3-20_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/libc6-prof_2.1.3-20_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/libc6_2.1.3-20_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/locales_2.1.3-20_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/nscd_2.1.3-20_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-20_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/libc6-dev_2.1.3-20_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/libc6-pic_2.1.3-20_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/libc6-prof_2.1.3-20_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/libc6_2.1.3-20_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/libnss1-compat_2.1.3-20_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/locales_2.1.3-20_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/nscd_2.1.3-20_i386.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/libc6-dev_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/libc6-pic_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/libc6-prof_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/libc6_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/libnss1-compat_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/locales_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/nscd_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-20_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/libc6-dev_2.1.3-20_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/libc6-pic_2.1.3-20_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/libc6-prof_2.1.3-20_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/libc6_2.1.3-20_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/locales_2.1.3-20_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/nscd_2.1.3-20_powerpc.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-20_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/libc6-dev_2.1.3-20_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/libc6-pic_2.1.3-20_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/libc6-prof_2.1.3-20_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/libc6_2.1.3-20_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/locales_2.1.3-20_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/nscd_2.1.3-20_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.