National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1006

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678107

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678107

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libcg/files/libcgroup/v0.37.1/libcgroup-0.37.1.tar.bz2/download

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sourceforge.net/projects/libcg/files/libcgroup/v0.37.1/libcgroup-0.37.1.tar.bz2/download

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://libcg.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libcg/libcg;a=commit;h=5ae8aea1ecd60c439121d3329d8eaabf13d292c1

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://libcg.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libcg/libcg;a=commit;h=5ae8aea1ecd60c439121d3329d8eaabf13d292c1

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0774

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0774

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0679

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0679

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025158

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025158

External Source: BID

Name: 46729

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46729

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:0320

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0320.html

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2193

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2193

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 44093

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/44093

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43891

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43891

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43758

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43758

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43611

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43611

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2011:0316

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00027.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-2638

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056734.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-2631

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056683.html