UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8779

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8779

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8779.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8779

Related

Published

2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

Modified

2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

Stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen function in the GNU C Library (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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / eglibc

Package

Name: eglibc
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.19-0ubuntu6.8

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

Ecosystem specific

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    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
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            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "eglibc-source"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "glibc-doc"
        },
        {
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            "binary_name": "libc-bin"
        },
        {
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            "binary_name": "libc-bin-dbgsym"
        },
        {
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        },
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        },
        {
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            "binary_name": "libc6-amd64"
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        {
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            "binary_name": "libc6-pic"
        },
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            "binary_name": "libc6-ppc64"
        },
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            "binary_name": "libc6-ppc64-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "libc6-prof"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "libc6-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "libc6-udeb-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "libc6-x32"
        },
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            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "libnss-dns-udeb"
        },
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            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "libnss-dns-udeb-dbgsym"
        },
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            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "libnss-files-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "libnss-files-udeb-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "multiarch-support"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "nscd"
        },
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            "binary_name": "nscd-dbgsym"
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    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / glibc

Package

Name: glibc
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/glibc?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.23-0ubuntu1

Affected versions

2.*

2.21-0ubuntu4

2.21-0ubuntu5

2.21-0ubuntu6

Ecosystem specific

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    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "glibc-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "glibc-source"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc-bin-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc-dev-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc-dev-bin-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc6-amd64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc6-amd64-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc6-armel"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc6-armel-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc6-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc6-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-amd64"
        },
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            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-armel"
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            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-i386"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-ppc64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-s390"
        },
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            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-x32"
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            "binary_name": "libc6-i386-dbgsym"
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            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libc6-pic"
        },
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