Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc package, versions <2.21-7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-527788
- published 19 Apr 2016
- disclosed 19 Apr 2016
Introduced: 19 Apr 2016
CVE-2015-8779 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.21-7 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.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8779
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17905
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3481
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
- https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00502.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82244
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8779
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
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