Use After Free Affecting glibc-i18ndata package, versions <2.26-13.45.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-GLIBCI18NDATA-2713151
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed31 Mar 2020

Introduced: 31 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-1752  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 glibc-i18ndata to version 2.26-13.45.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-i18ndata package and not the glibc-i18ndata package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free vulnerability introduced in glibc upstream version 2.14 was found in the way the tilde expansion was carried out. Directory paths containing an initial tilde followed by a valid username were affected by this issue. A local attacker could exploit this flaw by creating a specially crafted path that, when processed by the glob function, would potentially lead to arbitrary code execution. This was fixed in version 2.32.

CVSS Scores

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