CVE-2018-11236

Summary

CVECVE-2018-11236
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-18 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:51:00 UTC
Descriptionstdlib/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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787 | CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap Edge - All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap Edge - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software Management - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software Management - All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker 3.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker 3.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker 3.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker 3.1.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
22786 – (CVE-2018-11236) Stack buffer overflow in realpath() if input size is close to SSIZE_MAX (CVE-2018-11236) MISC sourceware.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit MISC sourceware.org Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
May 2018 GNU C Library Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
GNU glibc CVE-2018-11236 Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Broken Link
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4416-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit sourceware.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2019 MISC www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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