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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade glibc | May 11, 2018 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade glibc-staticUpgrade nscdUpgrade glibc-debuginfo-commonUpgrade glibc-commonUpgrade glibc-debuginfoUpgrade glibc-utilsUpgrade glibc-develUpgrade glibcUpgrade glibc-headers | Aug 28, 2019 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade glibc | Jul 30, 2024 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-libs/glibc. | Apr 5, 2018 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade glibc-commonUpgrade glibc-headersUpgrade nscdUpgrade glibc-utilsUpgrade glibcUpgrade glibc-develUpgrade glibc-static | Feb 13, 2018 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade glibc-develUpgrade glibc-commonUpgrade glibc-headersUpgrade glibcUpgrade glibc-utilsUpgrade nscdUpgrade glibc-static | Feb 13, 2018 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade glibc-commonUpgrade glibc-headersUpgrade glibc-utilsUpgrade glibc-staticUpgrade glibc-develUpgrade nscdUpgrade glibc | Apr 19, 2018 | Jan 11, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade glibc-debuginfoUpgrade glibcUpgrade glibc-utilsUpgrade nscdUpgrade glibc-staticNo solution existsUpgrade glibc-headersUpgrade glibc-develUpgrade glibc-commonUpgrade glibc-debuginfo-common | Apr 11, 2018 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade glibc-develUpgrade glibc-devel-32bitUpgrade glibc-locale-base-32bitUpgrade glibc-locale-x86Upgrade glibc-profile-x86Upgrade glibc-profileUpgrade glibcUpgrade glibc-32bitUpgrade glibc-x86Upgrade glibc-langUpgrade glibc-devel-staticUpgrade glibc-i18ndataUpgrade glibc-extraUpgrade glibc-infoUpgrade glibc-profile-32bitUpgrade glibc-locale-baseUpgrade glibc-locale-32bitUpgrade glibc-localeUpgrade nscdUpgrade glibc-utilsUpgrade glibc-html | Feb 4, 2018 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade musl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libc6 | Apr 25, 2018 | Jan 17, 2018 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jan 31, 2018 |
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