Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting eglibc package, versions <2.19-0ubuntu6.10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.94% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-EGLIBC-282761
  • published15 Mar 2017
  • disclosed15 Mar 2017

Introduced: 15 Mar 2017

CVE-2015-8982  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 eglibc to version 2.19-0ubuntu6.10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream eglibc package and not the eglibc package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the strxfrm function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.21 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

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