Name | CVE-2018-11236 |
Description | stdlib/canonicalize.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.27 and earlier, when processing very long pathname arguments to the realpath function, could encounter an integer overflow on 32-bit architectures, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow and, potentially, arbitrary code execution. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | ELA-725-1 |
Debian Bugs | 899071 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
glibc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.19-18+deb8u14 | fixed |
stretch (security) | 2.24-11+deb9u1 | vulnerable | |
stretch (lts), stretch | 2.24-11+deb9u7 | fixed | |
buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.28-10+deb10u4 | fixed | |
bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u11 | fixed | |
bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u10 | fixed | |
bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u9 | fixed | |
bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u7 | fixed | |
sid, trixie | 2.40-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
eglibc | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
glibc | source | jessie | 2.19-18+deb8u11 | ELA-725-1 | ||
glibc | source | stretch | 2.24-11+deb9u4 | |||
glibc | source | (unstable) | 2.27-4 | low | 899071 |
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22786
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=5460617d1567657621107d895ee2dd83bc1f88f2
[wheezy] - eglibc <no-dsa> (Minor issue, can be fixed along in future DSA or point update)