CVE-2015-1781

glibc: buffer overflow in gethostbyname_r() and related functions with misaligned buffer

Published Sep 28, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 5.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
Buffer overflow in the gethostbyname_r and other unspecified NSS functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response, which triggers a call with a misaligned buffer.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-230-1 eglibc security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3480-1 eglibc security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-1908 Buffer overflow in the gethostbyname_r and other unspecified NSS functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response, which triggers a call with a misaligned buffer.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2985-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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