CVE-2017-7476

Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The error is in the save_abbr function in time_rz.c.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=94e01571507835ff59dd8ce2a0b56a4b566965a4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98098	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444774	Exploit Issue Tracking Mitigation Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445185	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7476	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnulib:gnulib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-05-02 17:59

Updated : 2024-02-04 19:11

NVD link : CVE-2017-7476

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7476

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7476

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Products Affected

gnulib

gnulib

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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