CVE-2015-8776

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-09-20

Description

The strftime function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via an out-of-range time value.

See more information about CVE-2015-8776 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:	4	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (glibc)	ELSA-2017-0680	2017-03-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)	ELSA-2017-1916	2017-08-07
Oracle VM version 3.3 (glibc)	OVMSA-2017-0051	2017-03-29
Oracle VM version 3.4 (glibc)	OVMSA-2017-0051	2017-03-29

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