usn-3534-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-01-17 12:57
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that the GNU C library did not properly handle all of the possible return values from the kernel getcwd(2) syscall. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code in setuid programs and gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2018-1000001)

A memory leak was discovered in the _dl_init_paths() function in the GNU C library dynamic loader. A local attacker could potentially exploit this with a specially crafted value in the LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable, in combination with CVE-2017-1000409 and another vulnerability on a system with hardlink protections disabled, in order to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2017-1000408)

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the _dl_init_paths() function in the GNU C library dynamic loader. A local attacker could potentially exploit this with a specially crafted value in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, in combination with CVE-2017-1000408 and another vulnerability on a system with hardlink protections disabled, in order to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2017-1000409)

An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C library glob() implementation. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a maliciously crafted pattern. (CVE-2017-15670)

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator in the GNU C library glob() implementation. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a maliciously crafted pattern. (CVE-2017-15804)

It was discovered that the GNU C library dynamic loader mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN for privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE) programs. A local attacker could potentially exploit this by providing a specially crafted library in the current working directory in order to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2017-16997)

It was discovered that the GNU C library malloc() implementation could return a memory block that is too small if an attempt is made to allocate an object whose size is close to SIZE_MAX, resulting in a heap-based overflow. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2017-17426)

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  "details": "It was discovered that the GNU C library did not properly handle all of\nthe possible return values from the kernel getcwd(2) syscall. A local\nattacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code in setuid\nprograms and gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2018-1000001)\n\nA memory leak was discovered in the _dl_init_paths() function in the GNU\nC library dynamic loader. A local attacker could potentially exploit this\nwith a specially crafted value in the LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable,\nin combination with CVE-2017-1000409 and another vulnerability on a system\nwith hardlink protections disabled, in order to gain administrative\nprivileges. (CVE-2017-1000408)\n\nA heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the _dl_init_paths()\nfunction in the GNU C library dynamic loader. A local attacker could\npotentially exploit this with a specially crafted value in the\nLD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, in combination with CVE-2017-1000408\nand another vulnerability on a system with hardlink protections disabled,\nin order to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2017-1000409)\n\nAn off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow was discovered\nin the GNU C library glob() implementation. An attacker could potentially\nexploit this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a\nmaliciously crafted pattern. (CVE-2017-15670)\n\nA heap-based buffer overflow was discovered during unescaping of user names\nwith the ~ operator in the GNU C library glob() implementation. An attacker\ncould potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute\narbitrary code via a maliciously crafted pattern. (CVE-2017-15804)\n\nIt was discovered that the GNU C library dynamic loader mishandles RPATH\nand RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN for privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE)\nprograms. A local attacker could potentially exploit this by providing a\nspecially crafted library in the current working directory in order to\ngain administrative privileges. (CVE-2017-16997)\n\nIt was discovered that the GNU C library malloc() implementation could\nreturn a memory block that is too small if an attempt is made to allocate\nan object whose size is close to SIZE_MAX, resulting in a heap-based\noverflow. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of\nservice or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10.\n(CVE-2017-17426)\n",
  "id": "USN-3534-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:35Z",
  "published": "2018-01-17T12:57:11Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3534-1"
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}



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