A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be triggered through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade glibc | Jul 30, 2024 | Feb 1, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade glibc-localeUpgrade glibcUpgrade glibc-langUpgrade glibc-locale-baseUpgrade glibc-devel-32bitUpgrade glibc-utilsUpgrade glibc-develUpgrade glibc-locale-32bitUpgrade glibc-htmlUpgrade glibc-devel-staticUpgrade glibc-i18ndataUpgrade nscdUpgrade glibc-profile-32bitUpgrade glibc-extraUpgrade glibc-infoUpgrade glibc-locale-base-32bitUpgrade glibc-32bitUpgrade glibc-profile | Jan 13, 2018 | Jan 12, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libc6 | Jan 18, 2018 | Jan 12, 2018 |
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