Total vulnerabilities in the database
The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.5, 2.12, and probably other versions does not "properly restrict the use of" the alloca function when allocating the SPECS array, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE format-string protection mechanism and cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted format string using positional parameters and a large number of format specifiers, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3404 and CVE-2012-3405.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | 8.04.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux | 6.0 | 6.0.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 11.04 | 11.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 11.10 | 11.10.x |
| redhat / enterprise_virtualization | 3.0 | 3.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux | 5 | 5.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | 12.04.x |
| gnu / glibc | 2.5 | 2.5.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | 10.04.x |
| gnu / glibc | 2.12 | 2.12.x |