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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-1000001: Moderate: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2018:0805)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-1000001: Moderate: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2018:0805)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/31/2018
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

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)

  • 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

  • 102525
  • CVE-2018-1000001
  • RHSA-2018:0805

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