Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc package, versions <2.15


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GLIBC-356625
  • published18 Oct 2017
  • disclosed18 Oct 2017

Introduced: 18 Oct 2017

CVE-2011-5320  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable glibc to version 2.15 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

scanf and related functions in glibc before 2.15 allow local users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a large string of 0s.

CVSS Scores

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