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Improper Access Control Affecting glibc package, versions <2.23-0ubuntu6

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.77% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GLIBC-356485
  • published7 Oct 2016
  • disclosed7 Oct 2016
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Introduced: 7 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-6323  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 glibc to version 2.23-0ubuntu6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The makecontext function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.25 creates execution contexts incompatible with the unwinder on ARM EABI (32-bit) platforms, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang), as demonstrated by applications compiled using gccgo, related to backtrace generation.

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