The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function in glibc before 2.20 does not copy its path argument in accordance with the POSIX specification, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger use-after-free vulnerabilities.
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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-10-06T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:04:28.427Z

Reserved: 2014-06-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-4043

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-10-06T23:55:08.530

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:20:22.317

Link: CVE-2014-4043

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-06-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-4043 - Bugzilla