Description
An issue was discovered in the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.36. When the syslog function is passed a crafted input string larger than 1024 bytes, it reads uninitialized memory from the heap and prints it to the target log file, potentially revealing a portion of the contents of the heap.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0002/
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29536
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-03
Mailing List mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/8
Mailing List mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/6
Mailing List mailing-list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/3
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176932/glibc-syslog-Heap-Based-Buffer-Overflow.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0069
EPSS Percentile
71.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-532
Status
published
Products (7)
gnu/glibc
2.36
netapp/h300s_firmware
netapp/h410c_firmware
netapp/h410s_firmware
netapp/h500s_firmware
netapp/h700s_firmware
netapp/ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility
Published
Aug 31, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026