Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:17704Denial Of Service (DoS)
0.049 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.8%
GNU C Library is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. Use of a long catalog name in the catopen function may cause a stack-based buffer overflow allowing a context-dependent attacker to cause denial of service via an application crash or possible execution of arbitrary code.
References
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.html
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3481
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/11
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
www.securityfocus.com/bid/82244
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0680
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012343
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101858
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223095
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270950
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1338673
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1373646
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416496
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17905
www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00502.html
Related
