CVE-2021-31870

Summary

CVECVE-2021-31870
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-30 06:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-19 03:51:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in klibc before 2.0.9. Multiplication in the calloc() function may result in an integer overflow and a subsequent heap buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Klibc Project Klibc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - [ANNOUNCE] klibc 2.0.9 MLIST www.openwall.com
klibc/klibc.git - klibc main development tree MISC git.kernel.org
Index of /pub/linux/libs/klibc/2.0 MISC kernel.org
[klibc] [ANNOUNCE] klibc 2.0.9 MISC lists.zytor.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2695-1] klibc security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178687 Debian Security Update for klibc (DLA 2695-1)
  • 180087 Debian Security Update for klibc (CVE-2021-31870)
  • 198744 Ubuntu Security Notification for klibc Vulnerabilities (USN-5379-1)
  • 506105 Alpine Linux Security Update for klibc

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