NVD - CVE-2015-8984

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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Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 5.9 MEDIUM

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-125	Out-of-bounds Read	NIST

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

1 change record found - show changes

Initial Analysis - 3/22/2017 3:12:49 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.21::::::: (and previous)
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added	CWE		CWE-125
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032 No Types Assigned	https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032 Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185 No Types Assigned	https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html No Types Assigned	https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html Vendor Advisory

Quick Info

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

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