Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting glibc-common package, versions <0:2.17-322.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-GLIBCCOMMON-2180733
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Feb 2020

Introduced: 12 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-10029  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 glibc-common to version 0:2.17-322.el7_9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-common package and not the glibc-common package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.32 could overflow an on-stack buffer during range reduction if an input to an 80-bit long double function contains a non-canonical bit pattern, a seen when passing a 0x5d414141414141410000 value to sinl on x86 targets. This is related to sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/e_rem_pio2l.c.

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