CVE-2003-0689

published 2003-10-20

CVE-2003-0689: The getgrouplist function in GNU libc (glibc) 2.2.4 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and execute arbitrary code…

Priority P4 25 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C P I P A P

The getgrouplist function in GNU libc (glibc) 2.2.4 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and execute arbitrary code when a user is a member of a large number of groups, which can cause a buffer overflow.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	glibc	< glibc 2.2.5 (bookworm)	glibc 2.2.5 (bookworm)
gnu	glibc	>= 0 < 2.2.5	2.2.5
gnu	glibc	>= 0 < 2.2.5	2.2.5
gnu	glibc	>= 0 < 2.2.5	2.2.5
gnu	glibc	>= 0 < 2.2.5	2.2.5
redhat	enterprise_linux	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 7.5 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.5 HIGH

vendor_redhat 7.5 HIGH

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