VMware ESX / ESXi Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2014-0002)

The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Multiple integer overflow conditions exist in the glibc package in file malloc/malloc.c. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these to cause heap memory corruption by passing large values to the pvalloc,...

VMware ESXi Multiple DoS (VMSA-2014-0008)

The remote ESXi host is affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in the glibc library : - A buffer overflow condition exists in the extendbuffers function in file posix/regexec.c due to improper validation of user-supplied input when handling multibyte characters in a regular...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL7.x x86_64_important (20151119)

It was discovered that the nssfiles 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...

Security fix for the ALT Linux 6 package glibc version 6:2.11.3-alt8.M60P.3

6:2.11.3-alt8.M60P.3 built Dec. 23, 2015 Dmitry V. Levin in task 155253 Dec. 23, 2015 Dmitry V. Levin - Backported upstream fixes for sw15330/CVE-2013-1914, sw14699/CVE-2013-4237, sw1585567/CVE-2013-4332, sw14134/CVE-2012-6656, sw17325/CVE-2014-6040, sw14547/CVE-2012-4412,4424...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL7.x x86_64 (20151119)

It was discovered that, under certain circumstances, glibc's getaddrinfo function would send DNS queries to random file descriptors. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to send DNS queries to unintended recipients, resulting in information disclosure or data loss due to the application...

CVE-2015-5277

The getcontents function in nssfiles/files-XXX.c in the Name Service Switch NSS in GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.20 might allow local users to cause a denial of service heap corruption or gain privileges via a long line in the NSS files database...

CVE-2015-5277

The getcontents function in nssfiles/files-XXX.c in the Name Service Switch NSS in GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.20 might allow local users to cause a denial of service heap corruption or gain privileges via a long line in the NSS files database...

CVE-2015-5277

CVE-2015-5277 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) NSS get_contents backend in nss_files, where a long line in the NSS files database can trigger heap corruption and enable local privilege escalation. Engines in connected advisories confirm this vulnerability existed in glibc prior to version 2.20 a...

Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-617)

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...

Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2015-617)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way glibc's gethostbynamer and other related functions computed the size of a buffer when passed a misaligned buffer as input. An attacker able to make an application call any of these functions with a misaligned buffer could use this flaw to crash the...

Important: glibc

Issue Overview: A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way glibc's gethostbynamer and other related functions computed the size of a buffer when passed a misaligned buffer as input. An attacker able to make an application call any of these functions with a misaligned buffer could use this flaw t...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security update

Updated glibc packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severi...

glibc: data corruption while reading the NSS files database

It was discovered that the nssfiles backend for the Name Service Switch in glibc would return incorrect data to applications or corrupt the heap depending on adjacent heap contents. A local attacker could potentially use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the system...

glibc: getaddrinfo() writes DNS queries to random file descriptors under high load

It was discovered that, under certain circumstances, glibc's getaddrinfo function would send DNS queries to random file descriptors. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to send DNS queries to unintended recipients, resulting in information disclosure or data loss due to the application...

glibc: buffer overflow in gethostbyname_r() and related functions with misaligned buffer

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way glibc's gethostbynamer and other related functions computed the size of a buffer when passed a misaligned buffer as input. An attacker able to make an application call any of these functions with a misaligned buffer could use this flaw to crash the...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: glibc-2.22-6.fc23

The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package contains the most important se...

Siemens SIMATIC HMI Basic, SINUMERIK, and Ruggedcom APE GHOST Vulnerability (Update A)

OVERVIEW This updated advisory is a follow-up to the original advisory titled ICSA-15-064-01 Siemens SIMATIC HMI Basic, SINUMERIK, and Ruggedcom APE GHOST Vulnerability that was published March 5, 2015, on the NCCIC/ICS-CERT web site. The “GHOST”Further information about the GHOST vulnerability:...

Siemens SIMATIC HMI Basic, SINUMERIK, and Ruggedcom APE GHOST Vulnerability

OVERVIEW The “GHOST"Further information about the GHOST vulnerability: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0235, web site last accessed March 05, 2015. vulnerability in the glibc library affects the Siemens SINUMERIK and SIMATIC HMI Basic applications. Siemens has produced an...

CentOS 7 : glibc (CESA-2015:2172)

Updated glibc packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from...

CentOS 7 : glibc (CESA-2015:2199)

Updated glibc packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give...