CVE-2017-1000408 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8