Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glibc-headers package, versions <0:2.17-222.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.84% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GLIBCHEADERS-2521814
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed31 Jan 2018

Introduced: 31 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-1000001  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 glibc-headers to version 0:2.17-222.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-0805.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-headers package and not the glibc-headers package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In glibc 2.26 and earlier there is confusion in the usage of getcwd() by realpath() which can be used to write before the destination buffer leading to a buffer underflow and potential code execution.