| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2015-8982 (CCN-126597) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Assigned: | 2013-10-07 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Published: | 2013-10-07 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated: | 2021-06-29 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Summary: | 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 8.1 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) 7.1 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
6.4 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-190 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Access | ||||||||||||||||||||
| References: | Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2015-8982 Source: CCN Type: IBM Security Bulletin 2012428 (Security Network Active Bypass) IBM Security Proventia Network Active Bypass is affected by glibc vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-8982 CVE-2015-8983 CVE-2015-8984 CVE-2015-8985) Source: MLIST Type: Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory [oss-security] 20150213 CVE Requests - glibc overflows (strxfrm) Source: CCN Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Tue, 14 Feb 2017 19:43:32 +0100 Re: Pending CVE requests for glibc Source: MLIST Type: Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory [oss-security] 20170214 Re: Pending CVE requests for glibc Source: BID Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry 72602 Source: CCN Type: BID-72602 GNU glibc 'strxfrm()' Function Local Integer Overflow and Stack Overflow Vulnerabilities Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN glibc-cve20158982-bo(126597) Source: MLIST Type: UNKNOWN [bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 Source: CCN Type: Sourceware Bugzilla Bug 16009 (CVE-2015-8982) - Possible buffer overflow in strxfrm (CVE-2015-8982) Source: CONFIRM Type: Issue Tracking, Patch https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16009 Source: CONFIRM Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=0f9e585480ed Source: CCN Type: GNU C Library Web site glibc Source: CCN Type: IBM Security Bulletin 6551876 (Cloud Pak for Security) Cloud Pak for Security uses packages that are vulnerable to multiple CVEs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||||||||||||||
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