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Ubuntu: USN-4416-1 (CVE-2017-12133): GNU C Library vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4416-1 (CVE-2017-12133): GNU C Library vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/07/2017
Created
08/07/2020
Added
08/05/2020
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the clntudp_call function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to error path.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libc6

References

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