First published: Sat Aug 25 2012(Updated: )
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) strtod, (2) strtof, (3) strtold, (4) strtod_l, and other unspecified "related functions" in stdlib in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.16 allow local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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GNU glibc | =2.16 |
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