vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-1000366): GNU C Library vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 19, 2017
Added
Jun 19, 2017
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

It was discovered that the GNU C library did not properly handle memory
when processing environment variables for setuid programs. A local attacker
could use this in combination with another vulnerability to gain
administrative privileges.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-libc6
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