CVE-2014-4043

Publication date 13 June 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function in glibc before 2.20 does not copy its path argument in accordance with the POSIX specification, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger use-after-free vulnerabilities.

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
eglibc	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.19-0ubuntu6.1
	13.10 saucy	Ignored end of life
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.15-0ubuntu10.6
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.14
glibc	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
eglibc	Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;h=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362 Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;h=35a5e3e338ae17f3d42c60a708763c5d498fb840

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2306-1
GNU C Library vulnerabilities
4 August 2014

CVE-2014-4043

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