SB2021083117 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 update for glibc 

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SB2021083117 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 update for glibc

Published: August 31, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021083117
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10029)

The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within "sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/e_rem_pio2l.c" in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6). An attacker can pas specially crafted input to the application and trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system or denial of service conditions.


2) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29573)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary within the sysdeps/i386/ldbl2mpn.c in the GNU C Library on x86  systems. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application that uses the vulnerable version of glibc and crash it.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References