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Unscored USN-2900-1 1 CVE

eglibc, glibc vulnerability

Published Feb 16, 2016 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled receiving
responses while performing DNS resolution. A remote attacker could use this
issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS eglibc 2.19-0ubuntu6.7

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2015-7547 Public exploit EPSS 92%

    Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the (1) send_dg and (2) send_vc functions in the libresolv library in the GNU …

    glibc eglibc Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7547