NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting glibc package, versions <2.24-9
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-522104
- published 27 Jun 2017
- disclosed 27 Jun 2017
Introduced: 27 Jun 2017
CVE-2015-5180 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.24-9 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.
res_query in libresolv in glibc before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash).
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5180
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-19
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=8492
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18784
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=fc82b0a2dfe7dbd35671c10510a8da1043d746a5
- https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-02/msg00079.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249603
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99324
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5180
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3239-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3239-2
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5180
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=fc82b0a2dfe7dbd35671c10510a8da1043d746a5
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