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SUSE: CVE-2018-1000001: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-1000001: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/31/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/04/2018
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

In glibc 2.26 and earlier there is confusion in the usage of getcwd() by realpath() which can be used to write before the destination buffer leading to a buffer underflow and potential code execution.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-glibc
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-devel
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-devel-static
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-extra
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-html
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-i18ndata
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-info
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-lang
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-locale
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-locale-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-locale-base
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-locale-base-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-locale-x86
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-profile
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-profile-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-profile-x86
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-utils
  • suse-upgrade-glibc-x86
  • suse-upgrade-nscd

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:0071-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0074-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0075-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0076-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0451-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0565-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:2187-1
  • USN-3534-1
  • USN-3536-1
  • CVE-2018-1000001
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