CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-5229

Published: Apr 08, 2016 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.6 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
HIGH

The calloc function in the glibc package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7 and 7.2 does not properly initialize memory areas, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via unspecified vectors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Enterprise_linux Redhat 6.7 (including) 6.7 (including)
Enterprise_linux Redhat 7.2 (including) 7.2 (including)
Enterprise_linux_desktop Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_hpc_node Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus Redhat 7.2 (including) 7.2 (including)
Enterprise_linux_server Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_server_aus Redhat 7.2 (including) 7.2 (including)
Enterprise_linux_server_eus Redhat 7.2 (including) 7.2 (including)
Enterprise_linux_workstation Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat glibc-0:2.17-106.el7_2.4 *

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