| 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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: local) |
| Debian Bugs | 884132 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| eglibc (PTS) | wheezy | 2.13-38+deb7u10 | vulnerable |
| wheezy (security) | 2.13-38+deb7u12 | vulnerable | |
| glibc (PTS) | jessie (security), jessie | 2.19-18+deb8u10 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.24-11+deb9u3 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (security) | 2.24-11+deb9u1 | vulnerable | |
| buster, sid | 2.27-3 | 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) | high | ||
| glibc | source | (unstable) | 2.25-5 | high | 884132 |
[stretch] - glibc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - glibc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - eglibc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/11/4