CVE-2015-5229

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-08-21

Description

The calloc function in the glibc package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 6.7 and 7.2 does not properly initialize memory areas, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via unspecified vectors.

See more information about CVE-2015-5229 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:	2.6	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)	ELSA-2016-0176	2016-02-16

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