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NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package eglibc Open this link in a new tab

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.72% (88th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
2.9 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-EGLIBC-282759
  • published 27 Jun 2017
  • disclosed 27 Jun 2017
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Introduced: 27 Jun 2017

CVE-2015-5180 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream eglibc package and not the eglibc package as distributed by Ubuntu.

res_query in libresolv in glibc before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash).

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