| Name | CVE-2018-11237 |
| Description | An AVX-512-optimized implementation of the mempcpy function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.27 and earlier may write data beyond the target buffer, leading to a buffer overflow in __mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper. |
| 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 | medium (attack range: local) |
| Debian Bugs | 899070 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| 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 | 2.27-6 | 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) | medium | | |
| glibc | source | (unstable) | 2.27-4 | low | | 899070 |
Notes
[stretch] - glibc <no-dsa> (Minor issue, can be fixed along in future DSA or point update)
[jessie] - glibc <no-dsa> (Minor issue, can be fixed along in future DSA or point update)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23196