Summary
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the
strxfrm() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial
of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8982)
It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the
_IO_wstr_overflow() function of the GNU C Library. An attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04
LTS. (CVE-2015-8983)
It was discovered that the fnmatch() function in the GNU C Library
did not properly handle certain malformed patterns. An attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8984)
Alexander Cherepanov discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the
glob implementation of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this
to specially craft a directory layout and cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-1234)
Florian Weimer discovered a NULL pointer dereference in the DNS
resolver of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5180)
Michael Petlan discovered an unbounded stack allocation in the
getaddrinfo() function of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-3706)
Aldy Hernandez discovered an unbounded stack allocation in the sunrpc
implementation in the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4429)
Tim Ruehsen discovered that the getaddrinfo() implementation in the
GNU C Library did not properly track memory allocations. An attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-5417)
Andreas Schwab discovered that the GNU C Library on ARM 32-bit
platforms did not properly set up execution contexts. An attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-6323)
Fixed packages 2
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS | eglibc | 2.19-0ubuntu6.10 |
| Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS | glibc | 2.23-0ubuntu6 |
Vulnerabilities 9
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Unscored —
res_query in libresolv in glibc before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer derefere…
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Unscored —
Integer overflow in the strxfrm function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.21 allows context-dependent…
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Unscored —
Integer overflow in the _IO_wstr_overflow function in libio/wstrops.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before …
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Unscored —
The fnmatch function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 might allow context-dependent attackers to c…
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Unscored —
Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24, when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC i…
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Unscored —
Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc …
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Unscored —
Stack-based buffer overflow in the clntudp_call function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6)…
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Unscored —
Memory leak in the __res_vinit function in the IPv6 name server management code in libresolv in GNU C Library (aka glib…
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Unscored —
The makecontext function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.25 creates execution contexts incompatible …
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5180
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8982
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8983
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8984
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1234
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3706
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4429
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5417
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6323