Vulnerability CVE-2017-15804
Published: 2017-10-22   Modified: 2017-10-23

Description:
The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains a buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> Glibc 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101535
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22332
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=a159b53fa059947cc2548e3b0d5bdcf7b9630ba8
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