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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-1000001) ELSA-2018-0805: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-1000001) ELSA-2018-0805: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/31/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/19/2018
Modified
03/02/2020

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)

  • 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

References

  • ELSA-2018-0805
  • USN-3534-1
  • USN-3536-1
  • CVE-2018-1000001

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