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Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc package, versions <0:2.17-196.el7

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 4.28% (93rd percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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Red Hat
5.6 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-GLIBC-2085863
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 29 Jan 2015
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Introduced: 29 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-8779 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 glibc to version 0:2.17-196.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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