vulnerability
Red Hat: 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 | Mar 21, 2017 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 19, 2016
Added
Mar 21, 2017
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
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.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-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
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