vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-15670: Security patch for glibc (ALAS-2018-1017)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 20, 2017 | May 11, 2018 | May 3, 2019 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 20, 2017
Added
May 11, 2018
Modified
May 3, 2019
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
amazon-linux-upgrade-glibc
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