CVE-2015-8776 Information

Description

The strftime function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via an out-of-range time value.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3481 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/11 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83277 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18985 https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00502.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.1