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F5 Networks: K25552364 (CVE-2015-8985): GNU C Library vulnerability CVE-2015-8985

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F5 Networks: K25552364 (CVE-2015-8985): GNU C Library vulnerability CVE-2015-8985

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/20/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/01/2017
Modified
08/25/2020

Description

The pop_fail_stack function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via vectors related to extended regular expression processing.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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