cve/2017/CVE-2017-15671.md

### [CVE-2017-15671](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15671)
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### Description

The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE, could skip freeing allocated memory when processing the ~ operator with a long user name, potentially leading to a denial of service (memory leak).

### POC

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#### Github
- https://github.com/flyrev/security-scan-ci-presentation