CVE-2009-5029
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-5029
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2009-5029.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2009-5029
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:10:07.011066Z
- Published
- 2013-05-02T14:55:01Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:10:07.011066Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Integer overflow in the _tzfileread function in glibc before 2.15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted timezone (TZ) file, as demonstrated using vsftpd.
- References
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- http://dividead.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/glibc-timezone-integer-overflow/
- http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2011-12/msg00037.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761245
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2011-December/084452.html
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97ac2654b2d831acaa18a2b018b0736245903fd2