Improper Data Handling The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package glibc (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GLIBC-356502
- published20 Mar 2017
- disclosed20 Mar 2017
Introduced: 20 Mar 2017
CVE-2015-8985 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Ubuntu.
The pop_fail_stack function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via vectors related to extended regular expression processing.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8985
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=779392
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8985
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76916