Numeric Errors Affecting glibc-devel package, versions <0:2.12-1.80.42.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GLIBCDEVEL-1665410
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed25 Aug 2012

Introduced: 25 Aug 2012

CVE-2012-3480  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 glibc-devel to version 0:2.12-1.80.42.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2012-120.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-devel package and not the glibc-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) strtod, (2) strtof, (3) strtold, (4) strtod_l, and other unspecified "related functions" in stdlib in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.16 allow local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Scores

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