CVE-2017-1000409
published 2018-02-01CVE-2017-1000409: A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be triggered through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Please note that many…
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A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be triggered through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | glibc | < glibc 2.25-5 (bookworm) | glibc 2.25-5 (bookworm) |
| eglibc | eglibc | >= 0 < 2.19-0ubuntu6.14 | 2.19-0ubuntu6.14 |
| gnu | glibc | — | — |
| gnu | glibc | >= 0 < 2.25-5 | 2.25-5 |
| gnu | glibc | >= 0 < 2.25-5 | 2.25-5 |
| gnu | glibc | >= 0 < 2.25-5 | 2.25-5 |
| gnu | glibc | >= 0 < 2.25-5 | 2.25-5 |
| gnu | glibc | >= 0 < 2.23-0ubuntu10 | 2.23-0ubuntu10 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.0HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-6rpv-6r2m-9c95: A buffer overflow in glibc 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-1000409 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-6rpv-6r2m-9c95: A buffer overflow in glibc 2
A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be triggered through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366.
OSV
CVE-2017-1000409: A buffer overflow in glibc 2
osv·2018-02-01·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-1000409 [HIGH] CVE-2017-1000409: A buffer overflow in glibc 2
A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be triggered through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366.
OSV
eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities
osv·2018-01-17·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-1000001 [HIGH] eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities
eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the GNU C library did not properly handle all of
the possible return values from the kernel getcwd(2) syscall. A local
attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code in setuid
programs and gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2018-1000001)
A memory leak was discovered in the _dl_init_paths() function in the GNU
C library dynamic loader. A local attacker could potentially exploit this
with a specially crafted value in the LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable,
in combination with CVE-2017-1000409 and another vulnerability on a system
with hardlink protections disabled, in order to gain administrative
privileges. (CVE-2017-1000408)
A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the _dl_init_paths()
function in the GNU C
Ubuntu
GNU C Library vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-01-17·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-1000408 [HIGH] GNU C Library vulnerabilities
Title: GNU C Library vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the GNU C library.
It was discovered that the GNU C library did not properly handle all of
the possible return values from the kernel getcwd(2) syscall. A local
attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code in setuid
programs and gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2018-1000001)
A memory leak was discovered in the _dl_init_paths() function in the GNU
C library dynamic loader. A local attacker could potentially exploit this
with a specially crafted value in the LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable,
in combination with CVE-2017-1000409 and another vulnerability on a system
with hardlink protections disabled, in order to gain administrative
privileges. (CVE-2017-1000408)
A heap-based buf
Red Hat
glibc: Buffer overflow triggerable via LD_LIBRARY_PATH
vendor_redhat·2017-12-11·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-1000409 [HIGH] CWE-120 glibc: Buffer overflow triggerable via LD_LIBRARY_PATH
glibc: Buffer overflow triggerable via LD_LIBRARY_PATH
A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be triggered through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366.
Statement: 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:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-1000366
Package: compat-glibc (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: glibc (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: compat-glibc (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: glibc (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: compat-glibc (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) -
Debian
CVE-2017-1000409: glibc - A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be trigg...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-1000409 [HIGH] CVE-2017-1000409: glibc - A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be trigg...
A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be triggered through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.25-5)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.25-5)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.25-5)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.25-5)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.25-5)
No detection rules found.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000408 CVE-2017-1000409 glibc: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-12-12·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-1000408 [HIGH] CVE-2017-1000408 CVE-2017-1000409 glibc: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-1000408 CVE-2017-1000409 glibc: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000409 glibc: Buffer overflow triggerable via LD_LIBRARY_PATH
bugzilla·2017-12-06·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-1000409 [HIGH] CVE-2017-1000409 glibc: Buffer overflow triggerable via LD_LIBRARY_PATH
CVE-2017-1000409 glibc: Buffer overflow triggerable via LD_LIBRARY_PATH
It was found that a buffer overflow can be triggered through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.
Discussion:
Acknowledgments:
Name: Qualys Research Labs
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Public via:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385
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Created glibc tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1524867]
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Statement:
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:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-1000366
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Upstream bug:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22607
Upstream commit:
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=3ff3dfa5af313a6ea33f3393916f30eece4f0171
2018-02-01
Published