vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2017-15671)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Oct 20, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 20, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE, could skip freeing allocated memory when processing the ~ operator with a long user name, potentially leading to a denial of service (memory leak).
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-15671
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-15671
- URL-http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/119
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101517
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-8
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-9
- URL-https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22325
- CWE-772
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