Description

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101517

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22325

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3