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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-1234 Detail

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24, when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long name.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html CVE, Debian GNU/Linux Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html CVE, Debian GNU/Linux Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html CVE, Debian GNU/Linux Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/16 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84204 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E CVE, Debian GNU/Linux
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux Third Party Advisory 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19779 CVE, Debian GNU/Linux Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea CVE, Debian GNU/Linux

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-1234
NVD Published Date:
06/01/2016
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Debian GNU/Linux