#VU11545 Memory leak in Glibc - CVE-2017-15671
Published: April 5, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11545
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15671
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Glibc
Glibc
Software vendor:
GNU
GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the glob function in glob.c due to it skips freeing allocated memory when processing the ~ operator with a long user name when invoked with GLOB_TILDE. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the glob function in glob.c due to it skips freeing allocated memory when processing the ~ operator with a long user name when invoked with GLOB_TILDE. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Update to version 2.27.