Use After Free

Affecting glibc package, versions <2.23-0ubuntu11.2

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Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. A use-after-free vulnerability introduced in glibc upstream version 2.14 was found in the way the tilde expansion was carried out. Directory paths containing an initial tilde followed by a valid username were affected by this issue. A local attacker could exploit this flaw by creating a specially crafted path that, when processed by the glob function, would potentially lead to arbitrary code execution. This was fixed in version 2.32.

Remediation

Upgrade glibc to version or higher.

References

CVSS Score

7.0
low severity
  • Attack Vector
    Local
  • Attack Complexity
    High
  • Privileges Required
    None
  • User Interaction
    Required
  • Scope
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality
    High
  • Integrity
    High
  • Availability
    High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE
CVE-2020-1752
CWE
CWE-416
Snyk ID
SNYK-UBUNTU1604-GLIBC-571389
Disclosed
30 Apr, 2020
Published
07 Mar, 2020