CVE-2017-15670 Information

Description

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains an off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the glob function in glob.c related to the processing of home directories using the ~ operator followed by a long string.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101521 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22320

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8