The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3534-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the GNU C library did not properly handle all of the possible return values from     the kernel getcwd(2) syscall. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code in     setuid programs and gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2018-1000001)

    A memory leak was discovered in the _dl_init_paths() function in the GNU C library dynamic loader. A local     attacker could potentially exploit this with a specially crafted value in the LD_HWCAP_MASK environment     variable, in combination with CVE-2017-1000409 and another vulnerability on a system with hardlink     protections disabled, in order to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2017-1000408)

    A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the _dl_init_paths() function in the GNU C library dynamic     loader. A local attacker could potentially exploit this with a specially crafted value in the     LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, in combination with CVE-2017-1000408 and another vulnerability on a     system with hardlink protections disabled, in order to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2017-1000409)

    An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C library glob()     implementation. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute     arbitrary code via a maliciously crafted pattern. (CVE-2017-15670)

    A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator in the GNU     C library glob() implementation. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service     or execute arbitrary code via a maliciously crafted pattern. (CVE-2017-15804)

    It was discovered that the GNU C library dynamic loader mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN     for privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE) programs. A local attacker could potentially exploit this by     providing a specially crafted library in the current working directory in order to gain administrative     privileges. (CVE-2017-16997)

    It was discovered that the GNU C library malloc() implementation could return a memory block that is too     small if an attempt is made to allocate an object whose size is close to SIZE_MAX, resulting in a heap-     based overflow. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute     arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2017-17426)

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : GNU C Library vulnerabilities (USN-3534-1)

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