Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20151473000
Revision Date:2015-04-08Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-1473 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.
Description:The ADDW macro in stdio-common/vfscanf.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.21 does not properly consider data-type size during a risk-management decision for use of the alloca function, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation) or overwrite memory locations beyond the stack boundary via a long line containing wide characters that are improperly handled in a wscanf call.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-1473
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND The 'eglibc' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.15-0ubuntu10.11').
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