Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glibc-common package, versions <0:2.28-127.0.1.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-GLIBCCOMMON-2563889
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 17 Apr 2020
Introduced: 17 Apr 2020
CVE-2020-1751 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:8 glibc-common to version 0:2.28-127.0.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-4444.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-common package and not the glibc-common package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle:8 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
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2020-1751.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4444.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1751
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-04
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0002/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25423
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/