CVE-2017-15804
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.25-3 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.25-3 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.25-3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.25-3 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.25-3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | glibc | {"endIncluding":"2.26"} | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101535
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22332
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a159b53fa059947cc2548e3b0d5bdcf7b9630ba8
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15804.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15804
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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