CVE-2017-1000408

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    CVE-2017-1000408

    Published: 1 Feb 2018Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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/, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331/

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 6d8ec2b1b2934abc8d951ccb534872f0086fda48
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.1.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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