CVE-2015-8776

Severity

64%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

81%

The strftime 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 obtain sensitive information via an out-of-range time value.

The strftime 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 obtain sensitive information via an out-of-range time value.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.4. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-04-19 21:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 Service Pack 2

11

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 Service Pack 3

11

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 Service Pack 4

11

OpenSUSE 13.2

13.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

11

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 Service Pack 4

11

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 Service Pack 1

12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 Long Term Service Pack Support

11

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3

11

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11 Service Pack 3

11
vmware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 4

11

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1

12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3

11

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit (SDK) 11 Service Pack 4

11

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit (SDK) 12

12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit (SDK) 12 Service Pack 1

12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12

12

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS

12.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10

15.10

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Fedora Project Fedora 23

23

GNU glibc

References

FEDORA-2016-68abc0be35

Third Party Advisory

SUSE-SU-2016:0470

Third Party Advisory

SUSE-SU-2016:0471

Third Party Advisory

SUSE-SU-2016:0472

Third Party Advisory

SUSE-SU-2016:0473

Third Party Advisory

openSUSE-SU-2016:0510

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2017:0680

DSA-3480

DSA-3481

Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20160119 CVE assignment request for security bugs fixed in glibc 2.23

Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20160119 Re: CVE assignment request for security bugs fixed in glibc 2.23

Issue Tracking

83277

USN-2985-1

Third Party Advisory

USN-2985-2

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2017:1916

GLSA-201602-02

Third Party Advisory

GLSA-201702-11

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18985

Issue Tracking

[libc-alpha] 20160219 The GNU C Library version 2.23 is now available

Vendor Advisory

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