Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-15671
CVE-2017-15671
Description
The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE, could skip freeing allocated memory when processing the ~ operator with a long user name, potentially leading to a denial of service (memory leak).
Affected products
22- osv-coords18 versionspkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 2.22-62.3.4+ 17 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.24.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.24.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.24.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.24.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19-40.16.950
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19-22.27.958
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.24.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19-40.16.950
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.24.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101517nvd
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