Detections
Analytics

Google: sys-libs/glibc: security update to 18244.85.5

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 451647

Description

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

 - A vulnerability was found in GNU C Library 2.38. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability
 affects the function __monstartup of the file gmon.c of the component Call Graph Monitor. The manipulation
 leads to buffer overflow. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-220246 is the
 identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted
 at the moment. The inputs that induce this vulnerability are basically addresses of the running
 application that is built with gmon enabled. It's basically trusted input or input that needs an actual
 security flaw to be compromised or controlled. (CVE-2023-0687)

Solution

Update the sys-libs/glibc library and its related packages to version 18244.85.5 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-113.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 451647

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: LOW

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0687

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0687