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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-15670: Moderate: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-15670: Moderate: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/20/2017
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-glibc
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-common
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-debuginfo-common
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-devel
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-headers
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-static
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-utils
  • centos-upgrade-nscd

References

  • 101521
  • CVE-2017-15670
  • RHSA-2018:0805
  • RHSA-2018:1879

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