CVE-2015-5180

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5180
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-27 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:50:00 UTC
Descriptionres_query in libresolv in glibc before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi CONFIRM sourceware.org Patch
USN-3239-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
1249603 – (CVE-2015-5180) CVE-2015-5180 glibc: DNS resolver NULL pointer dereference with crafted record type CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit CONFIRM sourceware.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
18784 – (CVE-2015-5180) res_query and related function crash for special record type queries (CVE-2015-5180) CONFIRM sourceware.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
GNU glibc CVE-2015-5180 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
access.redhat.com | CVE-2015-5180 MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit MISC sourceware.org
Siddhesh Poyarekar - The GNU C Library version 2.25 is now available MLIST sourceware.org Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-19) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2019 MISC www.oracle.com
USN-3239-2: GNU C Library Regression | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671075 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2019-2476)
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