Out-of-bounds Read Affecting glibc package, versions <2.21-1
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0.55% (78th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-521601
- published 20 Mar 2017
- disclosed 20 Mar 2017
Introduced: 20 Mar 2017
CVE-2015-8984 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.21-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
The fnmatch function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed pattern, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8984
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185
- https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8984
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185
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