CVE-2008-1391: Integer Overflow
First published: Tue Mar 25 2008(Updated: )
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1391">CVE-2008-1391</a> to the following vulnerability: Multiple integer overflows in libc in NetBSD 4.x, FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x, and probably other BSD and Apple Mac OS platforms allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via large values of certain integer fields in the format argument to (1) the strfmon function in lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c, related to the GET_NUMBER macro; and (2) the printf function, related to left_prec and right_prec. References: ----------- <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1391">http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1391</a> <a href="https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=375315">https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=375315</a> <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36443/references">http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36443/references</a> <a href="http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/67">http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/67</a>
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =6.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =6.0-release | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =6.0-stable | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =6.0_p5_release | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =7.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =7.0-pre-release | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =7.0_beta4 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =7.0_releng | |
| NetBSD NetBSD | =4.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1391 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1391
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524671
- https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-1391.json
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1391
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1391
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=375315
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36443/references
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/67
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/53
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9707
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10600
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4881
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=599095
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4880
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=599070
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29574
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33179
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3770
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490158/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28479
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019722
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41504
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html
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