Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting glibc package, versions <2.25-3


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.1% (40th percentile)
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NVD
5.9 medium
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-525861
  • published 20 Oct 2017
  • disclosed 20 Oct 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.25-3 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 glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE, could skip freeing allocated memory when processing the ~ operator with a long user name, potentially leading to a denial of service (memory leak).