Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-15671: glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
10/20/2017
07/25/2018
04/05/2018
04/05/2018
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(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-libs-glibc
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