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Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc package, versions <2.3.5-3

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.26% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-518397
  • published 10 Apr 2019
  • disclosed 10 Apr 2019
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Introduced: 10 Apr 2019

CVE-2005-3590 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.3.5-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The getgrouplist function in the GNU C library (glibc) before version 2.3.5, when invoked with a zero argument, writes to the passed pointer even if the specified array size is zero, leading to a buffer overflow and potentially allowing attackers to corrupt memory.