UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15671

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15671
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15671.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15671
Upstream
Published
2017-10-20T17:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:28Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE, could skip freeing allocated memory when processing the ~ operator with a long user name, potentially leading to a denial of service (memory leak).

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / eglibc

Package

Name
eglibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc@2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.17-93ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu1
2.18-0ubuntu2
2.18-0ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu5
2.18-0ubuntu6
2.18-0ubuntu7
2.19-0ubuntu2
2.19-0ubuntu3
2.19-0ubuntu4
2.19-0ubuntu5
2.19-0ubuntu6
2.19-0ubuntu6.1
2.19-0ubuntu6.3
2.19-0ubuntu6.4
2.19-0ubuntu6.5
2.19-0ubuntu6.6
2.19-0ubuntu6.7
2.19-0ubuntu6.8
2.19-0ubuntu6.9
2.19-0ubuntu6.10
2.19-0ubuntu6.11
2.19-0ubuntu6.13
2.19-0ubuntu6.14
2.19-0ubuntu6.15
2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1
2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm2
2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm3
2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4

Ecosystem specific 

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        },
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}