Name | CVE-2009-5029 |
Description | Integer overflow in the __tzfile_read function in glibc before 2.15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted timezone (TZ) file, as demonstrated using vsftpd. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Debian Bugs | 656108 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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glibc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.19-18+deb8u14 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.24-11+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.24-11+deb9u7 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.28-10+deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u11 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u10 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u8 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u7 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.40-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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eglibc | source | squeeze | 2.11.3-3 | | | |
eglibc | source | (unstable) | 2.13-24 | low | | 656108 |
glibc | source | (unstable) | 2.13-24 | | | |
Notes
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5029.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=735850