manual/search.texi in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.2 lacks a statement about the unspecified tdelete return value upon deletion of a tree's root, which might allow attackers to access a dangling pointer in an application whose developer was unaware of a documentation update from 1999.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz | Product Vendor Advisory |
https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2020-10-06T12:49:43
Updated: 2020-10-06T12:49:43
Reserved: 2020-10-06T00:00:00
Link: CVE-1999-0199
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-10-06T13:15:13.087
Modified: 2020-12-03T16:52:37.547
Link: CVE-1999-0199
JSON object: View
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CWE