CVE-2015-1781

NameCVE-2015-1781
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the gethostbyname_r and other unspecified NSS functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response, which triggers a call with a misaligned buffer.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-230-1, DSA-3480-1
Debian Bugs796105

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
glibc (PTS)bullseye2.31-13+deb11u11fixed
bullseye (security)2.31-13+deb11u10fixed
bookworm2.36-9+deb12u9fixed
bookworm (security)2.36-9+deb12u7fixed
sid, trixie2.40-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
eglibcsourcesqueeze2.11.3-4+deb6u6DLA-230-1
eglibcsourcewheezy2.13-38+deb7u10DSA-3480-1
eglibcsource(unstable)(unfixed)
glibcsourceexperimental2.21-0experimental1
glibcsourcejessie2.19-18+deb8u1
glibcsource(unstable)2.19-20796105

Notes

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18287
Upstream commit: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=2959eda9272a03386

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