Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting glibc package, versions <2.25-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.09% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-532107
  • 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 memory leak in glibc 2.1.1 (released on May 24, 1999) can be reached and amplified through the LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366.