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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-15804: ELSA-2018-0805: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (MODERATE)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-15804: ELSA-2018-0805: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (MODERATE)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/21/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/19/2018
Modified
07/22/2024

Description

The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains a buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-common
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-headers
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-static
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-utils
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nscd
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-webkit2gtk3

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