Vulnerability CVE-2020-1751: Information

Description

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in glibc before 2.31 when handling signal trampolines on PowerPC. Specifically, the backtrace function did not properly check the array bounds when storing the frame address, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Severity: HIGH (7.0) Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published: April 17, 2020
Modified: Nov. 7, 2023
Error type identifier: CWE-787

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Hyperlink
Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1751
  • Issue Tracking
  • Patch
  • Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25423
  • Issue Tracking
  • Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0002/
  • Third Party Advisory
GLSA-202006-04
  • Third Party Advisory
USN-4416-1
  • Third Party Advisory
    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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      2.31

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 3

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*