Use After Free Affecting glibc-minimal-langpack package, versions <2:2.28-164.0.1.ksplice1.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.39% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-GLIBCMINIMALLANGPACK-2593904
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 25 May 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 glibc-minimal-langpack to version 2:2.28-164.0.1.ksplice1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-9560.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-minimal-langpack package and not the glibc-minimal-langpack package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The mq_notify function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) versions 2.32 and 2.33 has a use-after-free. It may use the notification thread attributes object (passed through its struct sigevent parameter) after it has been freed by the caller, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

5.9 medium
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Red Hat

5.9 medium