CVE-2012-4409 (GCVE-0-2012-4409)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-21 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35
VLAI?
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the check_file_head function in extra.c in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an encrypted file with a crafted header containing long salt data that is not properly handled during decryption.
Severity ?
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CWE
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Assigner
References
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/116268/mcryp… x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/06/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/51010 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027532 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/50507 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855029 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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