Integer overflow in GNU C Library



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-35942
CWE-ID CWE-190
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Glibc
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor GNU

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU55972

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35942

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information or perform a DoS attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in parse_param in posix/wordexp.c in the GNU C Library when called with an untrusted pattern. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and read arbitrary memory on the system of perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Glibc: 2.0 - 2.33.9000

CPE2.3 External links

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28011
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=5adda61f62b77384718b4c0d8336ade8f2b4b35c
https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Security%20Exceptions


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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