UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15670

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15670

    Published: 20 Oct 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15670
    Aliases:
    USN-3534-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15670, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3534-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15670

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: eglibc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.19-0ubuntu6.14

    Affected versions

    2.17-93ubuntu4

    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