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Unscored RHSA-2015:0016 2 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security and bug fix update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 36

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client glibc 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client glibc-common 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client glibc-debuginfo 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client glibc-debuginfo-common 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client glibc-devel 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client glibc-headers 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client glibc-static 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client glibc-utils 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client nscd 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::computenode glibc 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::computenode glibc-common 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::computenode glibc-debuginfo 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::computenode glibc-debuginfo-common 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::computenode glibc-devel 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::computenode glibc-headers 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::computenode glibc-static 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::computenode glibc-utils 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::computenode nscd 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server glibc 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server glibc-common 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server glibc-debuginfo 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server glibc-debuginfo-common 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server glibc-devel 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server glibc-headers 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server glibc-static 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server glibc-utils 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server nscd 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation glibc 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation glibc-common 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation glibc-debuginfo 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation glibc-debuginfo-common 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation glibc-devel 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation glibc-headers 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation glibc-static 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation glibc-utils 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation nscd 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.4

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-6040

    GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds re…

    glibc eglibc Debian Ubuntu
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-7817

    The wordexp function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.21 does not enforce the WRDE_NOCMD flag, which allows context-depen…

    glibc eglibc Debian Ubuntu

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135841
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157689
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2015/rhsa-2015_0016.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6040
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6040
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6040
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7817
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7817
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7817