vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for glibc (ALAS-2016-660) (CVE-2015-5229)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 11, 2016 | Mar 11, 2016 | Oct 30, 2017 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 11, 2016
Added
Mar 11, 2016
Modified
Oct 30, 2017
Description
The calloc function in the glibc package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7 and 7.2 does not properly initialize memory areas, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via unspecified vectors.
Solutions
amazon-linux-upgrade-glibcamazon-linux-upgrade-glibc-commonamazon-linux-upgrade-glibc-debuginfoamazon-linux-upgrade-glibc-debuginfo-commonamazon-linux-upgrade-glibc-develamazon-linux-upgrade-glibc-headersamazon-linux-upgrade-glibc-staticamazon-linux-upgrade-glibc-utilsamazon-linux-upgrade-nscd
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