glibc memory leak vulnerability

glibc a.k.a. GNU C Library, libc6 is an open-source, free C language compiler released under the LGPL license. A memory leak vulnerability exists in glibc version 2.1.1, which stems from the program's failure to properly handle memory. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000408

A memory leak in glibc 2.1.1 released on May 24, 1999 can be reached and amplified through the LDHWCAPMASK environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366...