Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glibc package, versions <2.30-3
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-559492
- published 7 Mar 2020
- disclosed 17 Apr 2020
Introduced: 7 Mar 2020
CVE-2020-1751 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.30-3 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.
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in glibc before 2.31 when handling signal trampolines on PowerPC. Specifically, the backtrace function did not properly check the array bounds when storing the frame address, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-1751
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-1751
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-04
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25423
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0002/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1751
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/