USN-4954-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4954-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4954-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4954-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2021-05-14T00:19:34.222269Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:30:16.392545Z
Summary
glibc vulnerabilities
Details

Jason Royes and Samuel Dytrych discovered that the memcpy() implementation for 32 bit ARM processors in the GNU C Library contained an integer underflow vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-6096)

It was discovered that the POSIX regex implementation in the GNU C Library did not properly parse alternatives. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-5155)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/glibc@2.23-0ubuntu11.3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.23-0ubuntu11.3

Affected versions

2.*

2.21-0ubuntu4
2.21-0ubuntu5
2.21-0ubuntu6
2.23-0ubuntu1
2.23-0ubuntu2
2.23-0ubuntu3
2.23-0ubuntu4
2.23-0ubuntu5
2.23-0ubuntu6
2.23-0ubuntu7
2.23-0ubuntu9
2.23-0ubuntu10
2.23-0ubuntu11
2.23-0ubuntu11.2

Ecosystem specific

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