Debian Security Advisory

DSA-103-1 glibc -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

13 Jan 2002

Affected Packages:

glibc

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2001-0886.

More information:

A buffer overflow has been found in the globbing code for glibc. This is the code which is used to glob patterns for filenames and is commonly used in applications like shells and FTP servers.

This has been fixed in version 2.1.3-20 and we recommend that you upgrade your libc package immediately.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/glibc_2.1.3-20.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/glibc_2.1.3-20.dsc; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/glibc_2.1.3.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-all/glibc-doc_2.1.3-20_all.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-all/i18ndata_2.1.3-20_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/libc6.1-dbg_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/libc6.1-dev_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/libc6.1-pic_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/libc6.1-prof_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/libc6.1_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/libnss1-compat_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/locales_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/nscd_2.1.3-20_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-20_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/libc6-dev_2.1.3-20_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/libc6-pic_2.1.3-20_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/libc6-prof_2.1.3-20_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/libc6_2.1.3-20_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/locales_2.1.3-20_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/nscd_2.1.3-20_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-20_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/libc6-dev_2.1.3-20_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/libc6-pic_2.1.3-20_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/libc6-prof_2.1.3-20_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/libc6_2.1.3-20_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/libnss1-compat_2.1.3-20_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/locales_2.1.3-20_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/nscd_2.1.3-20_i386.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/libc6-dev_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/libc6-pic_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/libc6-prof_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/libc6_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/libnss1-compat_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/locales_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/nscd_2.1.3-20_m68k.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-20_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/libc6-dev_2.1.3-20_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/libc6-pic_2.1.3-20_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/libc6-prof_2.1.3-20_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/libc6_2.1.3-20_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/locales_2.1.3-20_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/nscd_2.1.3-20_powerpc.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/libc6-dbg_2.1.3-20_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/libc6-dev_2.1.3-20_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/libc6-pic_2.1.3-20_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/libc6-prof_2.1.3-20_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/libc6_2.1.3-20_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/locales_2.1.3-20_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/nscd_2.1.3-20_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.