USN-2900-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2900-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2900-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2900-1
Related
Published
2016-02-16T21:31:23.089169Z
Modified
2016-02-16T21:31:23.089169Z
Summary
eglibc, glibc vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled receiving responses while performing DNS resolution. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / eglibc

Package

Name
eglibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc@2.19-0ubuntu6.7?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.19-0ubuntu6.7

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "multiarch-support": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-dev": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-udeb-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libnss-dns-udeb-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-ppc64": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-dev-i386": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libnss-dns-udeb": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-amd64-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-dev-amd64": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-pic": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "nscd-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "nscd": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "glibc-doc": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-ppc64-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-armel": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-armel-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-dbg": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc-bin": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-i386": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-udeb": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-dev-x32": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "eglibc-source": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc-bin-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc-dev-bin": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-amd64": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-x32": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-prof": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libnss-files-udeb": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libnss-files-udeb-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-dev-armel": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-dev-ppc64": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-i386-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc-dev-bin-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
            "libc6-x32-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.7"
        }
    ]
}