usn-3239-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-03-21 02:58
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities
Details

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)

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the\nstrxfrm() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial\nof service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8982)\n\nIt was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the\n_IO_wstr_overflow() function of the GNU C Library. An attacker could\nuse this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04\nLTS. (CVE-2015-8983)\n\nIt was discovered that the fnmatch() function in the GNU C Library\ndid not properly handle certain malformed patterns. An attacker could\nuse this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu\n12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8984)\n\nAlexander Cherepanov discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the\nglob implementation of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this\nto specially craft a directory layout and cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2016-1234)\n\nFlorian Weimer discovered a NULL pointer dereference in the DNS\nresolver of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to cause\na denial of service. (CVE-2015-5180)\n\nMichael Petlan discovered an unbounded stack allocation in the\ngetaddrinfo() function of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use\nthis to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-3706)\n\nAldy Hernandez discovered an unbounded stack allocation in the sunrpc\nimplementation in the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to\ncause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4429)\n\nTim Ruehsen discovered that the getaddrinfo() implementation in the\nGNU C Library did not properly track memory allocations. An attacker\ncould use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-5417)\n\nAndreas Schwab discovered that the GNU C Library on ARM 32-bit\nplatforms did not properly set up execution contexts. An attacker\ncould use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-6323)\n",
  "id": "USN-3239-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:34Z",
  "published": "2017-03-21T02:58:45Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5180"
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8982",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8983",
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4429",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5417",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6323"
  ]
}



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