vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2017-15670: Moderate: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 20, 2017 | Apr 11, 2018 | Feb 19, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 20, 2017
Added
Apr 11, 2018
Modified
Feb 19, 2026
Description
The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains an off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the glob function in glob.c, related to the processing of home directories using the ~ operator followed by a long string.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-glibcredhat-upgrade-glibc-commonredhat-upgrade-glibc-debuginforedhat-upgrade-glibc-debuginfo-commonredhat-upgrade-glibc-develredhat-upgrade-glibc-headersredhat-upgrade-glibc-staticredhat-upgrade-glibc-utilsredhat-upgrade-nscd
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