GNU glibc 'swscanf' Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

GNU glibc 'swscanf' Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Affected Systems:
GNU glibc
Description:
Bugtraq id: 72428

Glibc is the implementation of C libraries in most Linux operating systems.

GNU glibc has a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the implementation of swscanf. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application.

<* Source: Joseph Myers
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Vendor patch:

GNU
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