Risk | High |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2015-8386 |
CWE-ID | CWE-119 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system glib2 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Amazon Web Services |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU77576
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8386
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption using a JavaScript RegExp object and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages:
i686:Vulnerable software versions
glib2-devel-2.36.3-5.25.amzn1.i686
glib2-2.36.3-5.25.amzn1.i686
glib2-debuginfo-2.36.3-5.25.amzn1.i686
glib2-fam-2.36.3-5.25.amzn1.i686
noarch:
glib2-doc-2.36.3-5.25.amzn1.noarch
src:
glib2-2.36.3-5.25.amzn1.src
x86_64:
glib2-debuginfo-2.36.3-5.25.amzn1.x86_64
glib2-fam-2.36.3-5.25.amzn1.x86_64
glib2-2.36.3-5.25.amzn1.x86_64
glib2-devel-2.36.3-5.25.amzn1.x86_64
Amazon Linux AMI: All versions
glib2: before 2.36.3-5.25
External linkshttp://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1769.html
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.