Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-35942 |
CWE-ID | CWE-190 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Glibc Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
Vendor | GNU |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU55972
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35942
CWE-ID:
CWE-190 - Integer overflow
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information or perform a DoS attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in parse_param in posix/wordexp.c in the GNU C Library when called with an untrusted pattern. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and read arbitrary memory on the system of perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsGlibc: 2.0 - 2.33.9000
External linkshttp://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28011
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=5adda61f62b77384718b4c0d8336ade8f2b4b35c
http://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Security%20Exceptions
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.