vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2015-8779: Moderate: glibc security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 19, 2016 | Aug 28, 2019 | May 25, 2023 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 19, 2016
Added
Aug 28, 2019
Modified
May 25, 2023
Description
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.
Solution(s)
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
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