Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2015-8985 |
CWE-ID | CWE-19 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Glibc Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
Vendor | GNU |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU31436
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8985
CWE-ID:
CWE-19 - Data Handling
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsGlibc: 2.0 - 2.27.9000
External linkshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76916
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=779392
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.