SB2017032011 - Data Handling in GNU Glibc
Published: March 20, 2017 Updated: July 18, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017032011
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Data Handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8985)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The pop_fail_stack 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.