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-2017-1000409[0]: buffer overflow 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-2017-1000409 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000409 [1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/11/4 Regards, Salvatore