CVE-2015-8779 Information

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen 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 execute arbitrary code via a long catalog name.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 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/82244 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://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17905 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

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8