Stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long catalog name.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux | — | amazon-linux-upgrade-glibc | Sep 1, 2017 | Apr 19, 2016 |
| Centos_linux | — | centos-upgrade-glibccentos-upgrade-glibc-commoncentos-upgrade-glibc-debuginfocentos-upgrade-glibc-debuginfo-commoncentos-upgrade-glibc-develcentos-upgrade-glibc-headerscentos-upgrade-glibc-staticcentos-upgrade-glibc-utilscentos-upgrade-nscd | Aug 28, 2019 | Apr 19, 2016 |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-eglibcdebian-upgrade-glibc | Feb 17, 2016 | Feb 16, 2016 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-libs-glibc | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-glibchuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-glibc-commonhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-glibc-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-glibc-headershuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-glibc-statichuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-glibc-utilshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-nscd | Nov 30, 2017 | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-glibchuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-glibc-commonhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-glibc-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-glibc-headershuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-glibc-statichuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-glibc-utilshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-nscd | Nov 30, 2017 | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| Oracle_linux | — | oracle-linux-upgrade-glibcoracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-commonoracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-develoracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-headersoracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-staticoracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-utilsoracle-linux-upgrade-nscd | Mar 28, 2017 | Apr 19, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | redhat-upgrade-glibcredhat-upgrade-glibc-commonredhat-upgrade-glibc-debuginforedhat-upgrade-glibc-debuginfo-commonredhat-upgrade-glibc-develredhat-upgrade-glibc-headersredhat-upgrade-glibc-staticredhat-upgrade-glibc-utilsredhat-upgrade-nscd | Mar 21, 2017 | Apr 19, 2016 |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-glibcsuse-upgrade-glibc-32bitsuse-upgrade-glibc-develsuse-upgrade-glibc-devel-32bitsuse-upgrade-glibc-devel-staticsuse-upgrade-glibc-extrasuse-upgrade-glibc-htmlsuse-upgrade-glibc-i18ndatasuse-upgrade-glibc-infosuse-upgrade-glibc-langsuse-upgrade-glibc-localesuse-upgrade-glibc-locale-32bitsuse-upgrade-glibc-locale-basesuse-upgrade-glibc-locale-base-32bitsuse-upgrade-glibc-locale-x86suse-upgrade-glibc-profilesuse-upgrade-glibc-profile-32bitsuse-upgrade-glibc-profile-x86suse-upgrade-glibc-utilssuse-upgrade-glibc-x86suse-upgrade-nscdsuse-upgrade-sles11sp4-docker-imagesuse-upgrade-sles12-docker-imagesuse-upgrade-sles12sp1-docker-image | Feb 16, 2016 | Feb 16, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-libc6ubuntu-upgrade-libc6-dev | May 27, 2016 | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| Vmware Photon_os | vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf | Jan 20, 2025 | Apr 19, 2016 |
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