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Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package glibc  (opens in a new tab)

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Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
94.56% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1410-GLIBC-628322
  • published28 Jan 2015
  • disclosed28 Jan 2015
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Introduced: 28 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-0235  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.10.

NVD Description

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

Heap-based buffer overflow in the __nss_hostname_digits_dots function in glibc 2.2, and other 2.x versions before 2.18, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) gethostbyname or (2) gethostbyname2 function, aka "GHOST."

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