Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security update

An update for glibc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

glibc: glibc: Heap buffer overflow via attacker-controlled fopen mode string

A flaw was found in the GNU C Library glibc. This vulnerability could allow an attacker with local access to trigger a heap buffer overflow by manipulating how the fopen function handles certain input. This could lead to minor disruptions in system operations or limited access to sensitive...