Out-of-bounds Read Affecting glibc package, versions [2.33,2.33-4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GLIBC-2992856
  • published25 Aug 2022
  • disclosed25 Aug 2022
  • creditQualys Research Labs

Introduced: 25 Aug 2022

CVE-2021-3998  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade glibc to version 2.33-4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via the realpath function due to it mistakenly returning an unexpected value, potentially leading to information leakage and disclosure of sensitive data.

CVSS Scores

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