8.7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.3%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871484");
script_version("2024-03-21T05:06:54+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-03-21 05:06:54 +0000 (Thu, 21 Mar 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-11-20 06:20:10 +0100 (Fri, 20 Nov 2015)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5277");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_name("RedHat Update for glibc RHSA-2015:2172-01");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The glibc packages provide the standard C
libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries
(libm), and the Name Server Caching Daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on
the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.
It was discovered that the nss_files backend for the Name Service Switch in
glibc would return incorrect data to applications or corrupt the heap
(depending on adjacent heap contents) in certain cases. A local attacker
could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
(CVE-2015-5277)
This issue was discovered by Sumit Bose and Luk Slebodnk of Red Hat.
All glibc users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"glibc on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please Install the Updated Packages.");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2015:2172-01");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2015-November/msg00050.html");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/rhel", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=RHENT_7");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release) exit(0);
res = "";
if(release == "RHENT_7")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc", rpm:"glibc~2.17~106.el7_2.1", rls:"RHENT_7")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-common", rpm:"glibc-common~2.17~106.el7_2.1", rls:"RHENT_7")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-debuginfo", rpm:"glibc-debuginfo~2.17~106.el7_2.1", rls:"RHENT_7")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-debuginfo-common", rpm:"glibc-debuginfo-common~2.17~106.el7_2.1", rls:"RHENT_7")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-devel", rpm:"glibc-devel~2.17~106.el7_2.1", rls:"RHENT_7")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-headers", rpm:"glibc-headers~2.17~106.el7_2.1", rls:"RHENT_7")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-utils", rpm:"glibc-utils~2.17~106.el7_2.1", rls:"RHENT_7")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nscd", rpm:"nscd~2.17~106.el7_2.1", rls:"RHENT_7")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}