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Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc package, versions <0:2.17-222.173.amzn1

high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.33% (71st percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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Red Hat
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-GLIBC-1713733
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 22 Oct 2017
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Introduced: 22 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15804 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 glibc to version 0:2.17-222.173.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-1017.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains a buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator.