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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2017-1000408 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect the versions of glibc as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 after CVE-2017-1000366 fix:
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS3 Base Score | 3.3 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Attack Vector | Local |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | Low |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | None |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | glibc | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | compat-glibc | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | glibc | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | compat-glibc | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | compat-glibc | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | glibc | Not affected |