Mitigation Bypass Vulnerability in GNU Libc's NPTL by Vendor GNU
CVE-2019-1010022

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Gnu C Library

Status
Glibc
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 July 2019

What is CVE-2019-1010022?

The vulnerability in GNU Libc, specifically within the NPTL component, allows attackers to exploit a stack buffer overflow vulnerability. This can lead to the bypassing of stack guard protections, posing potential risks to system security. Although upstream comments refer to this issue as a non-security bug, the attack vector remains concerning as it enables malicious actors to compromise the integrity of applications relying on this library.

Affected Version(s)

glibc current (At least as of 2018-02-16)

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22850
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https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-1010022
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https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-1010022
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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