In glibc 2.26 and earlier there is confusion in the usage of getcwd() by realpath() which can be used to write before the destination buffer leading to a buffer underflow and potential code execution.
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Ubuntu USN |
USN-3534-1 | GNU C Library vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3536-1 | GNU C Library vulnerability |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4768-1 | musl vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T12:33:48.490Z
Reserved: 2018-01-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-1000001
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-01-31T14:29:00.607
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:39:23.620
Link: CVE-2018-1000001
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