Fluid Attacks Database

Description

A memory leak in glibc 2.1.1 (released on May 24, 1999) can be reached and amplified through the LD_HWCAP_MASK 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
debian 11	glibc	>=0 <2.25-5	2.25-5
debian 12	glibc	>=0 <2.25-5	2.25-5
debian 13	glibc	>=0 <2.25-5	2.25-5
debian 14	glibc	>=0 <2.25-5	2.25-5

Aliases

1. CVE-2017-10004082. NVD-2017-10004083. OSV-DEBIAN-2017-10004084. OSV-2017-10004085. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2017-1000408

References

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

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