glibc: multiple issues

CVE-2016-1234 arbitrary code execution It was found that glob implementation in glibc does not correctly handle overlong names in struct dirent buffers when GLOBALTDIRFUNC is used, causing a large stack-based buffer overflow with controlled length and content. - CVE-2016-3706 denial of service A...

BGQ_REDBOOKS (Doc Number=4680): Blue Gene/Q Security Bulletin notification

Abstract BGQREDBOOKS Doc Number=4680: Blue Gene/Q Security Bulletin notification Blue Gene Knowledge Base document 773911444 : Security Bulletin: GNU C library glibc vulnerability affects CVE-2015-7547 A GNU C library glibc stack-based buffer overflow in getaddrinfo vulnerability affects Blue...

Fedora 22 : glibc-2.21-11.fc22 (2016-0480defc94)

This updates addresses a critical security vulnerability in the DNS resolver related to AFUNSPEC queries with getaddrinfo CVE-2015-7547. It also includes security fixes for CVE-2015-8777 and CVE-2015-1781. It improves malloc scalability for applications which start and terminate many threads. The...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for glibc (openSUSE-SU-2016:0512-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

Glibc getaddrinfo() stack-overflow

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ESXi 5.5 < Build 3568722 / 6.0 < Build 3568940 glibc DNS Resolver RCE (VMSA-2016-0002) (remote check)

The remote VMware ESXi host is 5.5 prior to build 3568722 or 6.0 prior to build 3568940. It is, therefore, affected by a stack-based buffer overflow condition in the GNU C Library glibc DNS client-side resolver due to improper validation of user-supplied input when looking up names via the...

glibc: getaddrinfo stack-based buffer overflow

A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the way the libresolv library performed dual A/AAAA DNS queries. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted DNS response which could cause libresolv to crash or, potentially, execute code with the permissions of the user running the library. Note...

Security update for glibc (critical)

This update for glibc fixes the following security issues: fix stack overflow in the glibc libresolv DNS resolver function getaddrinfo, known as CVE-2015-7547. It is a client side networked/remote vulnerability...

glibc CVE-2 0 1 5-7 5 4 7 vulnerability fixes-bug warning-the black bar safety net

Google's security research team disclosed a glibc getaddrinfo-overflow vulnerability, the popular Linux Enterprise system, a server system is almost always affected. As long as the glibc version is greater than 2.9 will be the overflow vulnerability. An attacker may by the vulnerability directly ...

Stack overflow

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the 1 senddg and 2 sendvc functions in the libresolv library in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response that triggers a call to...

CVE-2015-7547

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the 1 senddg and 2 sendvc functions in the libresolv library in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response that triggers a call to...

CVE-2015-7547

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the 1 senddg and 2 sendvc functions in the libresolv library in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response that triggers a call to...

CVE-2015-7547

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the 1 senddg and 2 sendvc functions in the libresolv library in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response that triggers a call to...

FreeBSD : glibc -- getaddrinfo stack-based buffer overflow (2dd7e97e-d5e8-11e5-bcbd-bc5ff45d0f28)

Fabio Olive Leite reports : A stack-based buffer overflow was found in libresolv when invoked from nssdns, allowing specially crafted DNS responses to seize control of EIP in the DNS client. The buffer overflow occurs in the functions senddg send datagram and sendvc send TCP for the NSS module...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2016:0470-1)

This update for glibc fixes the following issues : - CVE-2015-7547: A stack-based buffer overflow in getaddrinfo allowed remote attackers to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code via crafted and timed DNS responses bsc961721 - CVE-2015-8777: Insufficient checking of LDPOINTERGUARD environment...

GNU glibc getaddrinfo() stack buffer overflow vulnerability

GNU glibc is an open source C compiler released under the LGPL license and is an implementation of the C library for the Linux operating system. A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the getaddrinfo function of glibc when processing a specific dns response packet, which can be exploited by an...

glibc vulnerable to stack buffer overflow in DNS resolver

Overview GNU glibc contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the DNS resolver, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow - CVE-2015-7547According to a Google security blog post: "The glibc DNS client side resolver is vulnerable...

Oracle Linux 7 : glibc (ELSA-2016-0176)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-0176 advisory. - Revert problematic libresolv change, not needed for the CVE-2015-7547 fix 1296030. - Fix CVE-2015-7547: getaddrinfo stack-based buffer overflow...

Debian DSA-3481-1 : glibc - security update

Several vulnerabilities have been fixed in the GNU C Library, glibc. The first vulnerability listed below is considered to have critical impact. - CVE-2015-7547 The Google Security Team and Red Hat discovered that the glibc host name resolver function, getaddrinfo, when processing AFUNSPEC querie...

Debian DLA-416-1 : eglibc security update

Several vulnerabilities have been fixed in the Debian GNU C Library, eglibc : CVE-2015-7547 The Google Security Team and Red Hat discovered that the glibc host name resolver function, getaddrinfo, when processing AFUNSPEC queries for dual A/AAAA lookups, could mismange its internal buffers, leadi...