Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting eglibc package, versions <2.19-0ubuntu6.14
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.09% (37th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-EGLIBC-282720
- published 1 Feb 2018
- disclosed 1 Feb 2018
Introduced: 1 Feb 2018
CVE-2017-1000408 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04
eglibc
to version 2.19-0ubuntu6.14 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream eglibc
package and not the eglibc
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:14.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
A memory leak in glibc 2.1.1 (released on May 24, 1999) can be reached and amplified through the LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-1000408
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000408
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2