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…

high 7.5 CVSS 3.1

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 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 7.5 HIGH