Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201587790000000
Revision Date:2016-04-19Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-8779 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description: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. Maksymilian Arciemowicz discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen function in the GNU C Library when handling long catalog names. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-8779
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND glibc package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '2.23-0ubuntu1').
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