| Name | CVE-2014-9761 |
| Description | Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) nan, (2) nanf, or (3) nanl function. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-411-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 813187 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| glibc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.19-18+deb8u13 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 2.24-11+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.24-11+deb9u6 | fixed |
| buster | 2.28-10+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.28-10+deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u8 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u10 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u4 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u7 | fixed |
| trixie | 2.38-7 | fixed |
| sid | 2.38-8 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| eglibc | source | squeeze | 2.11.3-4+deb6u9 | | DLA-411-1 | |
| eglibc | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
| glibc | source | (unstable) | 2.23-1 | | | 813187 |
Notes
[wheezy] - eglibc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16962
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=e02cabecf0d025ec4f4ddee290bdf7aadb873bb3
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=8f5e8b01a1da2a207228f2072c934fa5918554b8
Fixed for 2.23 upstream
[jessie] - glibc <ignored> (string to number conversion, proposed fix changes ABI)