CVE-2015-8779

CVE Details

Release Date:2015-01-29

Description


Stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen function in the GNU CLibrary (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long catalog name.

See more information about CVE-2015-8779 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 5.1 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: High
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (glibc)ELSA-2017-06802017-03-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)ELSA-2017-19162017-08-07
Oracle VM version 3.3 (glibc)OVMSA-2017-00512017-03-29
Oracle VM version 3.4 (glibc)OVMSA-2017-00512017-03-29



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