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      "value": "La funci\u00f3n glob en glob.c en la biblioteca GNU C (tambi\u00e9n llamada glibc o libc6) en versiones anteriores a la 2.27, cuando se invoca con GLOB_TILDE, podr\u00eda omitir la liberaci\u00f3n de memoria asignada cuando procesa el operador ~ con un nombre de usuario largo, conduciendo potencialmente a una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (fuga de memoria)."
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