Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc package, versions <2.25-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-528134
  • published 1 Feb 2018
  • disclosed 1 Feb 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.25-5 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.

A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be triggered through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366.