CVE-2011-2702
Description
Integer signedness error in Glibc before 2.13 and eglibc before 2.13, when using Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSSE3) optimization, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative length parameter to (1) memcpy-ssse3-rep.S, (2) memcpy-ssse3.S, or (3) memset-sse2.S in sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/, which triggers an out-of-bounds read, as demonstrated using the memcpy function.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/123
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/153
- http://www.eglibc.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/trunk/libc/ChangeLog?view=markup&pathrev=10032
- http://www.nodefense.org/eglibc.txt
- http://www.osvdb.org/80718
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/cve-2011-2702-eglibc-and-glibc-signedness-issue/
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706915
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0ac24d98ace90d1ccba6a2f3e7d55600f2fdb6e
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2702
CWEs
CWE-94
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.