Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glibc-headers package, versions <0:2.17-322.0.1.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GLIBCHEADERS-2577815
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed6 Dec 2020

Introduced: 6 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-29573  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 glibc-headers to version 0:2.17-322.0.1.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-0348.

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.

sysdeps/i386/ldbl2mpn.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 on x86 targets has a stack-based buffer overflow if the input to any of the printf family of functions is an 80-bit long double with a non-canonical bit pattern, as seen when passing a \x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x04 value to sprintf. NOTE: the issue does not affect glibc by default in 2016 or later (i.e., 2.23 or later) because of commits made in 2015 for inlining of C99 math functions through use of GCC built-ins. In other words, the reference to 2.23 is intentional despite the mention of "Fixed for glibc 2.33" in the 26649 reference.

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