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Bug 1504806 - (CVE-2017-15671) CVE-2017-15671 glibc: Memory leak in glob with GLOB_TILDE
CVE-2017-15671 glibc: Memory leak in glob with GLOB_TILDE
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20171020,reported=2...
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Depends On: 1504807
Blocks: 1504815
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Reported: 2017-10-20 12:53 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2018-05-17 03:48 EDT (History)
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Fixed In Version: glibc 2.27
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Last Closed: 2018-05-17 03:48:03 EDT
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Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Sourceware 22325 None None None 2017-10-20 13:00 EDT

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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-10-20 12:53:26 EDT
A memory leak was found in glibc. An attacker might use this to cause a denial-of-service (heap exhaustion).

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22325
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-10-20 12:55:23 EDT
Created glibc tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1504807]

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