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CVE-2015-5277

Public on 2015-12-14
Modified on 2015-12-13
Description

It was discovered that the nss_files backend for the Name Service Switch in glibc would return incorrect data to applications or corrupt the heap (depending on adjacent heap contents). A local attacker could potentially use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the system.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
3.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 glibc 2015-12-14 10:00 ALAS-2015-617

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 3.7 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C