GHOST glibc Linux Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

A critical vulnerability has been found in glibc, the GNU C library, that affects all Linux systems dating back to 2000. Attackers can use this flaw to execute code and remotely gain control of Linux machines. The issue stems from a heap-based buffer overflow found in the nsshostnamedigitsdots...

glibc security update

2.5-123.0.1.el511.1 - Switch to use malloc when the input line is too long Orabug 19951108 - Use a /sys/devices/system/cpu/online for SCNPROCESSORSONLN implementation Orabug 17642251 Joe Jin 2.5-123.1 - Fix parsing of numeric hosts in gethostbynamer CVE-2015-0235, 1183532...

SuSE 11 Security Update : glibc (SAT Patch Numbers 10202,10204,10206)

This update for glibc fixes the following security issue : - A vulnerability was found and fixed in the GNU C Library, specifically in the function gethostbyname, that can lead to a local or remote buffer overflow. bsc913646. CVE-2015-0235 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

glibc -- gethostbyname buffer overflow

Robert Krátký reports: GHOST is a 'buffer overflow' bug affecting the gethostbyname and gethostbyname2 function calls in the glibc library. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker that is able to make an application call to either of these functions to execute arbitrary code with the...

Qualys Security Advisory - glibc gethostbyname Buffer Overflow

Qualys Security Advisory CVE-2015-0235 GHOST: glibc gethostbyname buffer overflow -- Contents ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1 - Summary 2 - Analysis 3 - Mitigating factors 4 - Case studies 5 - Exploitation 6 - Acknowledgments -- 1 - Summary...

Critical: glibc

Issue Overview: A heap-based buffer overflow was found in glibc's nsshostnamedigitsdots function, which is used by the gethostbyname and gethostbyname2 glibc function calls. A remote attacker able to make an application call either of these functions could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code...

SOL16057 - GHOST: glibc gethostbyname buffer overflow vulnerability CVE-2015-0235

Vulnerability Recommended Actions If the previous table lists a version in the Versions known to be not vulnerable column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by upgrading to the listed version. If the listed version is older than the version you are currently running, or if the table does not...

glibc security update

Oracle Linux 7: 2.17-55.0.4.el70.5 - Remove strstr and strcasestr implementations using sse4.2 instructions. - Upstream commits 584b18eb4df61ccd447db2dfe8c8a7901f8c8598 and 1818483b15d22016b0eae41d37ee91cc87b37510 backported. Jose E. Marchesi 2.17-55.5 - Rebuild and run regression testing...

Linux "Ghost" Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The Linux GNU C Library glibc versions 2.2 and other 2.x versions before 2.18 are vulnerable to remote code execution via a vulnerability in the gethostbyname function. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT recommends users a...

Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2015-473)

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in glibc's nsshostnamedigitsdots function, which is used by the gethostbyname and gethostbyname2 glibc function calls. A remote attacker able to make an application call to either of these functions can use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the...

Check Point Response to CVE-2015-0235 (glibc - GHOST)

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CentOS Update for glibc CESA-2015:0016 centos6

Check the version of glibc SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882090";...

RedHat Update for glibc RHSA-2015:0016-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

SOL16010 - GNU C Library (glibc) vulnerability CVE-2014-7817

These versions of BIG-IP, BIG-IQ, and Enterprise Manager have a vulnerable version of glibc code. However, the risk level for this vulnerability is considered LOW because F5 product development has verified that the vulnerable code is NOT used in a way that would make an exploit possible. These...

OracleVM 3.3 : glibc (OVMSA-2015-0003)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - Fix recursive dlopen 1173469. - Fix typo in ressend and resquery rh1172023. - Fix crashes on invalid input in IBM gconv modules CVE-2014-6040, 1139571. - Fix wordexp to honour WRDENOCMD CVE-2014-7817,...

Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2015-468)

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way glibc's iconv function converted certain encoded data to UTF-8. An attacker able to make an application call the iconv function with a specially crafted argument could use this flaw to crash that application. CVE-2014-6040 It was found that the...

MGASA-2015-0013 Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities

The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in GNU C Library aka glibc 2.5, 2.12, and probably other versions does not "properly restrict the use of" the alloca function when allocating the SPECS array, which allows context- dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFYSOURCE format-string...

Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities

The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in GNU C Library aka glibc 2.5, 2.12, and probably other versions does not "properly restrict the use of" the alloca function when allocating the SPECS array, which allows context- dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFYSOURCE format-string...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150107)

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way glibc's iconv function converted certain encoded data to UTF-8. An attacker able to make an application call the iconv function with a specially crafted argument could use this flaw to crash that application. CVE-2014-6040 It was found that the...

Medium: glibc

Issue Overview: An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way glibc's iconv function converted certain encoded data to UTF-8. An attacker able to make an application call the iconv function with a specially crafted argument could use this flaw to crash that application. CVE-2014-6040 It was fou...