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Improper resource allocation - Buffer overflow In glibc

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem
Package
Affected version
Patched versions

Aliases

1. CVE-2017-10004092. NVD-2017-10004093. OSV-DEBIAN-2017-10004094. OSV-2017-10004095. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2017-1000409

References

1. https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331

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