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CVE-2015-8984 Detail

Current Description

The fnmatch function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed pattern, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Source:  MITRE
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.9 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.2

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032 Issue Tracking Patch
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html Vendor Advisory

Technical Details

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Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (including)
2.21


Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-8984
NVD Published Date:
03/20/2017
NVD Last Modified:
03/22/2017