Memory Leak Vulnerability in glob.c in GNU C Library (glibc)

CVE-2017-15671 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE, could skip freeing allocated memory when processing the ~ operator with a long user name, potentially leading to a denial of service (memory leak).

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