CVE-2017-15670

CVE Details

Release Date:

2018-07-30

Description

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains anoff-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the glob function in glob.c, related to the processing of home directories using the ~ operator followed by a long string.

See more information about CVE-2017-15670 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (glibc)	ELSA-2018-1879	2018-06-25
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)	ELSA-2018-0805	2018-04-16
Oracle VM version 3.3 (glibc)	OVMSA-2018-0235	2018-06-29
Oracle VM version 3.4 (glibc)	OVMSA-2018-0235	2018-06-29

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