CVE-2017-15804

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    CVE-2017-15804

    Published: 22 Oct 2017Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101535, https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a159b53fa059947cc2548e3b0d5bdcf7b9630ba8, 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

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    glibc-2.26

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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