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» Topic:

Multiple Vendors libc/fnmatch(3) DoS

» Added by: SecurityReason

» Date: 13.05.2011

New advisory about vulnerabilities in libc for multiple vendors "Multiple Vendors libc/fnmatch(3) DoS (incl apache)". A 'resource exhaustion' vulnerability has been identified in fnmatch(3) function.

Attacker, what may modify first and second parameters(pattern,string) of fnmatch(3), may cause to CPU resource exhaustion.
More:
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/98

Exploit:
http://cxib.net/stuff/apr_fnmatch.txt

References:
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/fnmatch.c
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0507.html
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html
http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/CHANGES-APR-1.4
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

	Alert
libc/fnmatch(3) DoS - 2011-05-13 Allow attacker to denial of service apache 2.2.17 server


	Apache
» Apache HTTP Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

» Multiple Vendors libc/fnmatch(3) DoS (incl apache poc)

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» Apache Tomcat DoS Vulnerability



	PHP
» PHP Hashtables Denial of Service

» PHP 5.3.6 multiple null pointer dereference

» PHP 5.3.6 ZipArchive invalid use glob(3)

» libzip 0.9.3 _zip_name_locate NULL Pointer Dereference (incl PHP 5.3.5)



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