CVE-2015-8985

Public on 2017-03-20

Modified on 2024-01-30

Description

The pop_fail_stack function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via vectors related to extended regular expression processing.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.1

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	glibc	2022-10-31 19:40	ALAS2-2022-1869

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	5.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	CVSSv2	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD	CVSSv3	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2015-8985 Mitre: CVE-2015-8985 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity