SB2025020664 - Denial of service in GNU C Library
Published: February 6, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025020664
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-0395)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when the assert() function fails. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32582
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2025-0001
- https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-announce/2025/000044.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/22/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/22/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/23/2