[Secure-testing-team] Bug#884132: glibc: CVE-2017-1000408

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: glibc
Version: 2.19-18
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for glibc, this is just to
track the issue. A DSA is not warranted for this issue only and can be
addressed in a point release. The issues are already not-exploitable
as describedin [1].

CVE-2017-1000408[0]:
memory leak

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000408
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000408
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/11/4

Regards,
Salvatore