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CVE-2015-5229

Date: April 8, 2016

The calloc function in the glibc package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7 and 7.2 does not properly initialize memory areas, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via unspecified vectors.

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Related Resources (10)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5229
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1293976
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246713
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10150
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5229
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84172
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0176.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256285
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-5229

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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CWE-17

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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