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Unscored USN-3534-1 7 CVEs

eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities

Published Jan 17, 2018 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

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)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS eglibc 2.19-0ubuntu6.14
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS glibc 2.23-0ubuntu10

Vulnerabilities 7

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2017-1000408 Public exploit

    A memory leak in glibc 2.1.1 (released on May 24, 1999) can be reached and amplified through the LD_HWCAP_MASK environm…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2017-1000409 Public exploit

    A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be triggered through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH enviro…

  • Unscored —

    The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains an off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow…

  • Unscored —

    The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains a buffer overflow during une…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2017-16997 Public exploit

    elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.19 through 2.26 mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIG…

  • Unscored —

    The malloc function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.26 could return a memory block that is too small if an …

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2018-1000001 Public exploit EPSS 13%

    In glibc 2.26 and earlier there is confusion in the usage of getcwd() by realpath() which can be used to write before t…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15670
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15804
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16997
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17426
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000408
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000409
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000001