Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc-langpack-quz package, versions <0:2.26-28.amzn2.0.1
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed22 Oct 2017
Introduced: 22 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-15804 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 glibc-langpack-quz to version 0:2.26-28.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-1048.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-langpack-quz package and not the glibc-langpack-quz package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains a buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101535
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22332
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=a159b53fa059947cc2548e3b0d5bdcf7b9630ba8
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15804
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a159b53fa059947cc2548e3b0d5bdcf7b9630ba8