UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8985

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8985
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8985.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8985
Related
Published
2017-03-20T16:59:00Z
Modified
2024-10-15T14:05:49Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The popfailstack function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via vectors related to extended regular expression processing.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / eglibc

Package

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

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / glibc

Package

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/glibc?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*

2.26-0ubuntu2
2.26-0ubuntu2.1
2.27-0ubuntu2
2.27-0ubuntu3
2.27-3ubuntu1
2.27-3ubuntu1.2
2.27-3ubuntu1.3
2.27-3ubuntu1.4
2.27-3ubuntu1.5
2.27-3ubuntu1.6
2.27-3ubuntu1.6+esm1
2.27-3ubuntu1.6+esm2
2.27-3ubuntu1.6+esm3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}