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CVE-2017-1000409

Published: 13 December 2017

A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be triggered through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.0

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
eglibc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

trusty
Released (2.19-0ubuntu6.14)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

glibc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (2.26-0ubuntu2.1)
bionic Not vulnerable
(2.27-3ubuntu1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(2.27-3ubuntu1)
disco Not vulnerable
(2.27-3ubuntu1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(2.27-3ubuntu1)
focal Not vulnerable
(2.27-3ubuntu1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(2.27-3ubuntu1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(2.27-3ubuntu1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.27)
xenial
Released (2.23-0ubuntu10)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=3ff3dfa5af313a6ea33f3393916f30eece4f0171

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.0
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H