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LIN6-5156 : Security Advisory - glibc - CVE-2009-5029

Created: May 14, 2013    Updated: Mar 5, 2016
Resolved Date: Jun 23, 2014
Previous ID: LIN3-22601
Found In Version: 6.0
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6

Description

Integer overflow in the __tzfile_read function in glibc before 2.15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted timezone (TZ) file, as demonstrated using vsftpd.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-5029

Workaround

Unknown

Steps to Reproduce

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