CVE-2017-15671

Name	CVE-2017-15671
Description	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).
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	879500

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+deb11u5	fixed
	bookworm, sid	2.36-8	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Debian Bugs
eglibc	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	low
glibc	source	experimental	2.26-0experimental0
glibc	source	stretch	2.24-11+deb9u4
glibc	source	(unstable)	2.25-3	low	879500

Notes

[wheezy] - eglibc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22325
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=c66c908230169c1bab1f83b071eb585baa214b9f