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CVE-2015-8982

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Date: March 15, 2017

Integer overflow in the strxfrm function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.21 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Language: C

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Related Resources (11)

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16009
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8982
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=0f9e585480ed
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8982
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72602
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/13/3
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8982
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8982

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-190

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CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

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