CVE-2015-8779

glibc: Unbounded stack allocation in catopen function

Published Apr 19, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 6.2% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-411-1 eglibc security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3480-1 eglibc security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3481-1 glibc security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8651 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2985-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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