Buffer overflow in Glibc - CVE-2005-3590
Published: April 10, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31118
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-3590
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Glibc
Glibc
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The getgrouplist function in the GNU C library (glibc) before version 2.3.5, when invoked with a zero argument, writes to the passed pointer even if the specified array size is zero, leading to a buffer overflow and potentially allowing attackers to corrupt memory.
How to mitigate CVE-2005-3590
Install update from vendor's website.