Google: sys-libs/glibc: security update to 18244.448.20

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 451199

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- The regcomp function in the GNU C library version from 2.4 to 2.41 is subject to a double free if some
previous allocation fails. It can be accomplished either by a malloc failure or by using an interposed
malloc that injects random malloc failures. The double free can allow buffer manipulation depending of how
the regex is constructed. This issue affects all architectures and ABIs supported by the GNU C library.
(CVE-2025-8058)

Solution

Update the sys-libs/glibc library and its related packages to version 18244.448.20 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 451199

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.59

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8058

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:H

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-8058

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