CVE-2015-8776

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8776
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-19 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionThe strftime function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via an out-of-range time value.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

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 15.10 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 15.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp2 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp3 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp4 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp2 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp3 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0470-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE assignment request for security bugs fixed in glibc 2.23 MLIST www.openwall.com Issue Tracking
GNU glibc 'strftime()' Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Adhemerval Zanella - The GNU C Library version 2.23 is now available MLIST www.sourceware.org Vendor Advisory
USN-2985-2: GNU C Library regression | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE assignment request for security bugs fixed in glibc 2.23 MLIST www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0472-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3481-1 glibc DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201602-02) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0473-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
18985 – (CVE-2015-8776) Passing out of range data to strftime() causes a segfault (CVE-2015-8776) CONFIRM sourceware.org Issue Tracking
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0510-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: glibc-2.22-15.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
USN-2985-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0471-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3480-1 eglibc DEBIAN www.debian.org
GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-11) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710558 Gentoo Linux GNU C Library Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-11)
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