72519 : Control Group Configuration Library (libcgroup / libcg) tools/tools-common.c parse_cgroup_spec Function Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-03-02

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-1006" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_cgroup_spec function in tools/tools-common.c in the Control Group Configuration Library (aka libcgroup or libcg) before 0.37.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted controller list on the command line of an application. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

Classification

Location: Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1025158
CVE ID: 2011-1006 (see also: NVD) 2011-1022 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 43611 43758 43891 44093
Bugtraq ID: 46729
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2011-0679 ADV-2011-0774
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://libcg.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libcg/libcg;a=commit;h=5ae8aea1ecd60c439121d3329d8eaabf13d292c1
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libcg/files/libcgroup/v0.37.1/libcgroup-0.37.1.tar.bz2/download
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678107
Mail List Post: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056683.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056734.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00027.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2193
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2193
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/7872252
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2011:0320

Tools & Filters

	53358

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-03-23 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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