CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-15804
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-10-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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.
Affected configurations
• gnu glibc (<= 2.26)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101535 www.securityfocus.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879 access.redhat.com
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22332 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a159b53fa059947cc2548e3b0d5bdcf7b9630ba8 sourceware.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101535 www.securityfocus.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879 access.redhat.com
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22332 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a159b53fa059947cc2548e3b0d5bdcf7b9630ba8 sourceware.org