PT-2017-4207 · Gnu+2 · Glibc+2

Published 2017-12-11 · Updated 2025-12-23 · CVE-2017-1000409

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions glibc version 2.5

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow that can be triggered through the LD LIBRARY PATH environment variable. This allows an attacker to access confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For glibc version 2.5, consider patching for the related issue to mitigate the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-05862

CVE-2017-1000409

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_0089-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0074-1

USN-3534-1

Affected Products

Suse

Ubuntu

Glibc

References · 43

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/43331 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15804 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000409 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000001 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1000409 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000409 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3534-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3534-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se16-bulletin-20220829SE16 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-05862 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000408 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000409 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15670 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000409 · Security Note