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CVE-2015-0235

Public on 2015-01-27
Modified on 2015-03-23
Description

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in glibc's __nss_hostname_digits_dots() function, which is used by the gethostbyname() and gethostbyname2() glibc function calls. A remote attacker able to make an application call either of these functions could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.

Severity
Critical
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 glibc 2015-01-27 11:41 ALAS-2015-473
Amazon Linux 1 php54 2015-03-13 10:00 ALAS-2015-493
Amazon Linux 1 php55 2015-03-23 08:29 ALAS-2015-494

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C