The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains an off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the glob function in glob.c, related to the processing of home directories using the ~ operator followed by a long string.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2017-15670 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS3 Base Score | 7 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Attack Vector | Local |
Attack Complexity | High |
Privileges Required | Low |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity Impact | High |
Availability Impact | High |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (glibc) | RHSA-2018:0805 | 2018-04-10 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (glibc) | RHSA-2018:1879 | 2018-06-19 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | compat-glibc | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | compat-glibc | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | compat-glibc | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | glibc | Will not fix |