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) | 2016-04-19 | 2017-03-21 | 2021-03-03 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
2016-04-19
Added
2017-03-21
Modified
2021-03-03
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)
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
References
- BID-82244
- DEBIAN-DLA-411-1
- DEBIAN-DSA-3480
- DEBIAN-DSA-3481
- DISA_SEVERITY-Category I
- GENTOO-GLSA-201602-02
- GENTOO-GLSA-201702-11
- IAVM-2016-A-0053
- NVD-CVE-2015-8779
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:0680
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:1916
- SUSE-SUSE-SU-2016:0470
- SUSE-SUSE-SU-2016:0471
- SUSE-SUSE-SU-2016:0472
- SUSE-SUSE-SU-2016:0473
- UBUNTU-USN-2985-1
- UBUNTU-USN-2985-2
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