| Name | CVE-2012-3404 |
| Description | The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in libc in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.12 and other versions does not properly calculate a buffer length, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE format-string protection mechanism and cause a denial of service (stack corruption and crash) via a format string that uses positional parameters and many format specifiers. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 681473 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| glibc (PTS) | buster | 2.28-10+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.28-10+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u6 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u7 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u2 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u3 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2.37-12 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eglibc | source | squeeze | 2.11.3-1 | |||
| eglibc | source | (unstable) | 2.13-35 | low | 681473 | |
| glibc | source | (unstable) | 2.13-35 | low | 681473 |
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12445
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=84a4211850e3d23a9d3a4f3b294752a3b30bc0ff
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833703
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/5
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/17