FKIE_CVE-2017-15670

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-10-20 17:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:08
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains an off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the glob function in glob.c, related to the processing of home directories using the ~ operator followed by a long string.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101521
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22320Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101521
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22320Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu glibc *
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