Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glibc-devel package, versions <0:2.17-222.173.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.84% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GLIBCDEVEL-1713243
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed31 Jan 2018

Introduced: 31 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-1000001  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 glibc-devel to version 0:2.17-222.173.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-1017.

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.

In glibc 2.26 and earlier there is confusion in the usage of getcwd() by realpath() which can be used to write before the destination buffer leading to a buffer underflow and potential code execution.