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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-7547 Detail

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the (1) send_dg and (2) send_vc functions in the libresolv library in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response that triggers a call to the getaddrinfo function with the AF_UNSPEC or AF_INET6 address family, related to performing "dual A/AAAA DNS queries" and the libnss_dns.so.2 NSS module.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/glibc-getaddrinfo-stack-overflow CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177404.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177412.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00043.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00044.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145596041017029&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145672440608228&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145690841819314&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145857691004892&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=146161017210491&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135802/glibc-getaddrinfo-Stack-Based-Buffer-Overflow.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167552/Nexans-FTTO-GigaSwitch-Outdated-Components-Hardcoded-Backdoor.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0175.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0176.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0225.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0277.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/36 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX206991 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2900-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3481 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/glibc-getaddrinfo-stack-overflow CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160304-01-glibc-en CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83265 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035020 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/articles/2161461 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/24/utm-up2date-9-355-released/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/29/utm-up2date-9-319-released/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa114 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1293532 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2016/02/cve-2015-7547-glibc-getaddrinfo-stack.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c05028479 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04989404 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05008367 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05053211 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05073516 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05098877 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05125672 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05128937 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05130958 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05140858 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05176716 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05212266 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCO8x/StruxureWare+Data+Center+Operation+Software+Vulnerability+Fixes CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-103-01 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40161 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10150 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160217-0002/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18665 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking 
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00416.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/k/47/sol47098834.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_5450 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1255-security-advisory-17 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39454/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40339/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/457759 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-08 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-7547
NVD Published Date:
02/18/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.