Numeric Errors Affecting glibc package, versions <0:2.17-196.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GLIBC-4698452
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Sept 2015

Introduced: 20 Sep 2015

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 glibc to version 0:2.17-196.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1916.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.