CVE-2015-5229 Information

Description

The calloc function in the glibc package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7 and 7.2 does not properly initialize memory areas which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0176.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84172 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246713 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256285 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1293976 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10150

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5