Vulnerability identifier: #VU17106
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Glibc
Universal components / Libraries /
Libraries used by multiple products
Vendor: GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in __memmove_avx_unaligned_erms in sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S during a memcpy due to application that runs on the x32 architecture incorrectly attempts to use a 64-bit register for size_t in assembly codes. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application using an affected library and cause segmentation fault.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Glibc: 1.00 - 2.28
External links
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24097
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.