Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting glibc-static package, versions <0:2.26-27.amzn2.0.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GLIBCSTATIC-1661390
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed1 Feb 2018

Introduced: 1 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-6485  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 glibc-static to version 0:2.26-27.amzn2.0.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-992.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-static package and not the glibc-static package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An integer overflow in the implementation of the posix_memalign in memalign functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.26 and earlier could cause these functions to return a pointer to a heap area that is too small, potentially leading to heap corruption.