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Critical
CVE-2015-8776
The strftime function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc...
Vulnerability Description
The strftime function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via an out-of-range time value.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3481
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html
- https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00502.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83277
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18985
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
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Affected Vendor
suse
View all reports →Affected Software
linux enterprise debuginfo, opensuse, linux enterprise desktop, linux enterprise server, linux enterprise software development kit, suse linux enterprise server, ubuntu linux, debian linux, fedora, glibc
Vulnerable Versions:
11, 13.2, 12, 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 8.0, 23, 0
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 19th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.