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Unscored USN-2519-1 4 CVEs

eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities

Published Feb 26, 2015 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Arnaud Le Blanc discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled file
descriptors when resolving DNS queries under high load. This may cause a
denial of service in other applications, or an information leak. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2013-7423)

It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled receiving a
positive answer while processing the network name when performing DNS
resolution. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C
Library to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-9402)

Joseph Myers discovered that the GNU C Library wscanf function incorrectly
handled memory. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu
14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-1472, CVE-2015-1473)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS eglibc 2.19-0ubuntu6.6

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7423
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9402
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1472
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1473