#VU82531 Buffer overflow in Glibc - CVE-2015-1781
Published: October 27, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82531
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1781
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Glibc
Glibc
Software vendor:
GNU
GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to buffer overflow in the gethostbyname_r and other unspecified NSS functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6). A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18287
- https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00019.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0863.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74255
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032178
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177404.html
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2959eda9272a03386