SB2017061703 - Amazon Linux AMI update for glibc
Published: June 17, 2017
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000366)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to memory management errors in implementation of various functions under multiple operating systems. A local or remote attacker can trigger the affected application to process specially crafted LD_LIBRARY_PATH values to manipulate the heap/stack, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.