Vulnerability CVE-2013-4237
Published: 2013-10-09   Modified: 2013-10-11

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
glibc Buffer overwrite when using readdir_r
Jan
13.08.2013

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> Glibc 

 References:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/12/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61729
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995839
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14699
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=91ce40854d0b7f865cf5024ef95a8026b76096f3
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