CVE-2015-1781

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-04-21

Description

Buffer overflow in the gethostbyname_r and other unspecified NSSfunctions 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.

See more information about CVE-2015-1781 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

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (glibc)	ELSA-2015-0863	2015-04-21
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)	ELSA-2015-2199	2015-11-24
Oracle VM version 3.3 (glibc)	OVMSA-2015-0055	2015-04-21

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