Debian: DSA-3887-1 Critical: Glibc Local Escalation Threat
debian
June 19, 2017
The Qualys Research Labs discovered various problems in the dynamic linker of the GNU C Library which allow local privilege escalation by clashing the stack
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Summary
The Qualys Research Labs discovered various problems in the dynamic
linker of the GNU C Library which allow local privilege escalation by
clashing the stack. For the full details, please refer to their advisory
published at:
https://https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.19-18+deb8u10.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.24-11+deb9u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your glibc packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: glibc
CVE ID: CVE-2017-1000366
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