{"id":"USN-6762-1","summary":"eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that GNU C Library incorrectly handled netgroup requests.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9984)\n\nIt was discovered that GNU C Library might allow context-dependent\nattackers to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2015-20109)\n\nIt was discovered that GNU C Library when processing very long pathname arguments to\nthe realpath function, could encounter an integer overflow on 32-bit\narchitectures, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow and, potentially,\narbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2018-11236)\n\nIt was discovered that the GNU C library getcwd function incorrectly\nhandled buffers. An attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C\nLibrary to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3999)\n\nCharles Fol discovered that the GNU C Library iconv feature incorrectly\nhandled certain input sequences. An attacker could use this issue to cause\nthe GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-2961)\n","modified":"2026-06-29T13:49:30.868607684Z","published":"2024-05-02T12:45:48Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9984","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-20109","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11236","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3999","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-2961"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-9984","CVE-2015-20109","CVE-2018-11236","CVE-2021-3999","CVE-2024-2961","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9984","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-20109","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11236","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3999","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-2961"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6762-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9984"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-20109"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11236"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3999"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2961"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/2063328"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"eglibc","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm3"}]}],"versions":["2.17-93ubuntu4","2.18-0ubuntu1","2.18-0ubuntu2","2.18-0ubuntu4","2.18-0ubuntu5","2.18-0ubuntu6","2.18-0ubuntu7","2.19-0ubuntu2","2.19-0ubuntu3","2.19-0ubuntu4","2.19-0ubuntu5","2.19-0ubuntu6","2.19-0ubuntu6.1","2.19-0ubuntu6.3","2.19-0ubuntu6.4","2.19-0ubuntu6.5","2.19-0ubuntu6.6","2.19-0ubuntu6.7","2.19-0ubuntu6.8","2.19-0ubuntu6.9","2.19-0ubuntu6.10","2.19-0ubuntu6.11","2.19-0ubuntu6.13","2.19-0ubuntu6.14","2.19-0ubuntu6.15","2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1","2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available 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