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Debian: CVE-1999-0199: glibc -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 6, 2020
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

manual/search.texi in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.2 lacks a statement about the unspecified tdelete return value upon deletion of a tree's root, which might allow attackers to access a dangling pointer in an application whose developer was unaware of a documentation update from 1999.

Solution

debian-upgrade-glibc
Title
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