Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc-common package, versions <0:2.17-196.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.27% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-GLIBCCOMMON-2085189
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed29 Jan 2015

Introduced: 29 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-8779  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 glibc-common to version 0:2.17-196.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-common package and not the glibc-common package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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