UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5180

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5180
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5180.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5180
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Published
2015-08-10T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:14Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

res_query in libresolv in glibc before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash).

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / eglibc

Package

Name
eglibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc@2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.17-93ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu1
2.18-0ubuntu2
2.18-0ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu5
2.18-0ubuntu6
2.18-0ubuntu7
2.19-0ubuntu2
2.19-0ubuntu3
2.19-0ubuntu4
2.19-0ubuntu5
2.19-0ubuntu6
2.19-0ubuntu6.1
2.19-0ubuntu6.3
2.19-0ubuntu6.4
2.19-0ubuntu6.5
2.19-0ubuntu6.6
2.19-0ubuntu6.7
2.19-0ubuntu6.8
2.19-0ubuntu6.9
2.19-0ubuntu6.10
2.19-0ubuntu6.11
2.19-0ubuntu6.13
2.19-0ubuntu6.14
2.19-0ubuntu6.15
2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1
2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm2
2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm3
2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/glibc@2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm8?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.21-0ubuntu4
2.21-0ubuntu5
2.21-0ubuntu6
2.23-0ubuntu1
2.23-0ubuntu2
2.23-0ubuntu3
2.23-0ubuntu4
2.23-0ubuntu5
2.23-0ubuntu6
2.23-0ubuntu7
2.23-0ubuntu9
2.23-0ubuntu10
2.23-0ubuntu11
2.23-0ubuntu11.2
2.23-0ubuntu11.3
2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm1
2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm2
2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm3
2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm5
2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm6
2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7
2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm8