7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.01 Low
EPSS
Percentile
83.2%
The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the name service cache daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.
Security Fix(es):
This issue was discovered by Florian Weimer (Red Hat).
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RedHat | 7 | ppc64 | glibc | < 2.17-157.el7 | glibc-2.17-157.el7.ppc64.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | x86_64 | glibc-debuginfo-common | < 2.17-157.el7 | glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-157.el7.x86_64.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | ppc64le | glibc-common | < 2.17-157.el7 | glibc-common-2.17-157.el7.ppc64le.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | x86_64 | glibc-utils | < 2.17-157.el7 | glibc-utils-2.17-157.el7.x86_64.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | ppc | glibc-static | < 2.17-157.el7 | glibc-static-2.17-157.el7.ppc.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | ppc64le | glibc-static | < 2.17-157.el7 | glibc-static-2.17-157.el7.ppc64le.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | i686 | glibc-devel | < 2.17-157.el7 | glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7.i686.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | s390x | glibc-headers | < 2.17-157.el7 | glibc-headers-2.17-157.el7.s390x.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | s390 | glibc-debuginfo-common | < 2.17-157.el7 | glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-157.el7.s390.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | x86_64 | glibc-static | < 2.17-157.el7 | glibc-static-2.17-157.el7.x86_64.rpm |
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.01 Low
EPSS
Percentile
83.2%