glibc is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. A buffer overflow vulnerability in the glob
function in glob.c
, caused by an off-by-one error, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code and escalate his privileges.
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access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1437147