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title: "CVE-2014-4043\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4043?format=md
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# CVE-2014-4043

Publication date 13 June 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| eglibc | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 2.19-0ubuntu6.1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2.15-0ubuntu10.6 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.14 |
| glibc | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4043?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| eglibc | * Upstream:   <https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;h=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362> * Upstream:   <https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;h=35a5e3e338ae17f3d42c60a708763c5d498fb840> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4043)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4043)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-4043)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4043)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2306-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2306-1)
+ GNU C Library vulnerabilities
+ 4 August 2014

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/13/2>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4043>