Numeric Errors Affecting glibc package, versions <2.11-1


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 9.38% (95th percentile)
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NVD
5.6 medium
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Red Hat
4.9 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-530342
  • published 1 Jun 2010
  • disclosed 1 Jun 2010

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.11-1 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.

Integer signedness error in the elf_get_dynamic_info function in elf/dynamic-link.h in ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.0.1 through 2.11.1, when the --verify option is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF program with a negative value for a certain d_tag structure member in the ELF header.