GNU C Library up to 2.26 glob.c glob Long String memory corruption
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A vulnerability was found in GNU C Library up to 2.26 (Software Library). It has been classified as critical. This affects the function glob
of the file glob.c. The manipulation as part of a Long String leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The bug was discovered 10/19/2017. The weakness was presented 10/20/2017 as Bug 22320 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at sourceware.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-15670 since 10/20/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104293 (EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2017-1268)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Huawei Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171603 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for glibc (SUSE-SU-2018:2883-1)).
Upgrading to version 2.27 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (104293). See 102848 and 108402 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 104293
Nessus Name: EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2017-1268)
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OpenVAS ID: 66491
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2018-8e27ad96ed
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Upgrade: C Library 2.27
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Sources
Vendor: gnu.orgAdvisory: Bug 22320
Researcher: Tim Rühsen.
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-15670 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 101521 - GNU glibc CVE-2017-15670 Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 10/21/2017 14:32Updated: 01/19/2021 12:08
Changes: 10/21/2017 14:32 (77), 11/27/2019 17:16 (9), 01/19/2021 12:08 (2)
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