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CVE-2009-5029
Description	Integer overflow in the __tzfile_read 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.
Impact	CVSS v2 : 6.8 MEDIUM
Type	CWE-189
Attack Vector	CVSSv2 Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Quick links	CVE, NVD, CERT, Metasploit, Exploit-db, Fulldisc, Bugtraq, Microsoft, Red Hat, Debian, GitHub code/issues, Google
References	http://dividead.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/glibc-timezone-integer-overflow/ http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2011-December/084452.html http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=97ac2654b2d831acaa18a2b018b0736245903fd2 http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2011-12/msg00037.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761245