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Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package eglibc  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-EGLIBC-625806
  • published17 Dec 2015
  • disclosed17 Dec 2015
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Introduced: 17 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-5277  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream eglibc package and not the eglibc package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The get_contents function in nss_files/files-XXX.c in the Name Service Switch (NSS) in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.20 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) or gain privileges via a long line in the NSS files database.

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