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CVE-2017-15671
published 2017-10-20

CVE-2017-15671: The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE, could skip freeing allocated memory when…

medium5.9CVSS 3.0
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The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE, could skip freeing allocated memory when processing the ~ operator with a long user name, potentially leading to a denial of service (memory leak).

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianglibc< glibc 2.25-3 (bookworm)glibc 2.25-3 (bookworm)
gnuglibc<= 2.26
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.25-32.25-3
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.25-32.25-3
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.25-32.25-3
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.25-32.25-3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.9MEDIUM