CVE-2008-1391

Publication date 27 March 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Multiple integer overflows in libc in NetBSD 4.x, FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x, and probably other BSD and Apple Mac OS platforms allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via large values of certain integer fields in the format argument to (1) the strfmon function in lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c, related to the GET_NUMBER macro; and (2) the printf function, related to left_prec and right_prec.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
eglibc 10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Fixed 2.10.1-0ubuntu17
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
glibc 10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 2.9-4ubuntu6.2
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needed
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 2.7-10ubuntu6
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 2.3.6-0ubuntu20.6

Notes

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