Numeric Errors Affecting glibc package, versions <2.19-18+deb8u3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.73% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-GLIBC-356754
  • published19 Apr 2016
  • disclosed19 Apr 2016

Introduced: 19 Apr 2016

CVE-2015-8776  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 glibc to version 2.19-18+deb8u3 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The strftime 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 obtain sensitive information via an out-of-range time value.