Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc package, versions <2.25-3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-527211
  • published22 Oct 2017
  • disclosed22 Oct 2017

Introduced: 22 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15804  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

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 contains a buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator.