Numeric Errors Affecting glibc-devel package, versions <0:2.17-196.172.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.73% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GLIBCDEVEL-1707308
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed19 Apr 2016

Introduced: 19 Apr 2016

CVE-2015-8776  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 glibc-devel to version 0:2.17-196.172.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-877.

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.

The strftime function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via an out-of-range time value.