CVE-2020-1751

Summary

CVECVE-2020-1751
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-17 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:19:00 UTC
DescriptionAn out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in glibc before 2.31 when handling signal trampolines on PowerPC. Specifically, the backtrace function did not properly check the array bounds when storing the frame address, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1810719 – (CVE-2020-1751) CVE-2020-1751 glibc: array overflow in backtrace functions for powerpc CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2020-1751 GNU C Library (glibc) Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
25423 – (CVE-2020-1751) Array overflow in backtrace on powerpc (CVE-2020-1751) MISC sourceware.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202006-04) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
USN-4416-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377356 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for glibc (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0122)
  • 770068 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 Security Update (RHSA-2021:0436)
  • 900018 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for glibc 2.28
  • 903140 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for glibc (2552)
  • 905968 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for glibc (2552-1)
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