| Name | CVE-2017-1000408 |
| Description | A memory leak in glibc 2.1.1 (released on May 24, 1999) can be reached and amplified through the LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 884132 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| glibc (PTS) | buster | 2.28-10+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.28-10+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 2.37-10 | fixed |
| sid | 2.37-11 | 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 | stretch | 2.24-11+deb9u4 | | | |
| glibc | source | (unstable) | 2.25-5 | | | 884132 |
Notes
[wheezy] - eglibc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/11/4