CVE-1999-0199

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions glibc versions prior to 2.2

Description The issue is related to the manual/search.texi in the GNU C Library, where a lack of documentation about the return value of the tdelete function when deleting a tree's root might allow attackers to access a dangling pointer. This could potentially be exploited in applications where the developer was not aware of a documentation update from 1999.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.2, update to version 2.2 or later to resolve the issue.