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CVE-2011-5320

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Date: October 18, 2017

scanf and related functions in glibc before 2.15 allow local users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a large string of 0s.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.2

Related Resources (9)

Url: https://marc.info/?l=gimp-developer&m=129567990905823&w=2

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/12/14

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-5320

Url: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=20b38e0

Url: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3f8cc204fdd0

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5320

Url: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13138#c4

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196745

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-5320

Severity Score

6.2

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 2.15

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.2
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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