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CVE ID:CVE-2011-1659
Description:Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.
Test IDs: None available
Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1659
Bugtraq: 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025450
http://secunia.com/advisories/44353
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
XForce ISS Database: gnuclibrary-fnmatch-dos(66819)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66819




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