CVE-2015-1781
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 28, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 17, 2015
Description
Buffer overflow in the gethostbyname_r and other unspecified NSS functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response, which triggers a call with a misaligned buffer.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- SUSE-SU-2015:1424vendor-advisory
- [libc-alpha] 20150814 The GNU C Library version 2.22 is now availablemailing-list
- SUSE-SU-2016:0470vendor-advisory
- USN-2985-2vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201602-02vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2959eda9272a03386
- FEDORA-2016-0480defc94vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:0863vendor-advisory
- DSA-3480vendor-advisory
- USN-2985-1vendor-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18287
- 1032178vdb-entry
- 74255vdb-entry
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