| Name | CVE-2018-11236 |
| Description | stdlib/canonicalize.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.27 and earlier, when processing very long pathname arguments to the realpath function, could encounter an integer overflow on 32-bit architectures, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow and, potentially, arbitrary code execution. |
| 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 | 899071 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| glibc (PTS) | bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u11 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u10 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u10 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u7 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2.41-7 | 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) | 2.27-4 | low | 899071 |
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22786
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=5460617d1567657621107d895ee2dd83bc1f88f2