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CVE-2015-8779

CVE-2015-8779

EPSS 6.0%
Stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen 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 execute arbitrary code via a long catalog name.
Affected products
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References
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02