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CentOS Linux: CVE-2014-9761: Moderate: glibc security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2014-9761: Moderate: glibc security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/19/2016
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) nan, (2) nanf, or (3) nanl function.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-glibc
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-common
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-debuginfo-common
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-devel
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-headers
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-static
  • centos-upgrade-glibc-utils
  • centos-upgrade-nscd

References

  • 83306
  • Category I
  • 2016-A-0053
  • CVE-2014-9761
  • RHSA-2017:0680
  • RHSA-2017:1916

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