CVE-2015-8779

Name	CVE-2015-8779
Description	Stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen 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 execute arbitrary code via a long catalog name.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-411-1, DSA-3480-1, DSA-3481-1
Debian Bugs	812455

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
glibc (PTS)	bullseye	2.31-13+deb11u11	fixed
	bullseye (security)	2.31-13+deb11u10	fixed
	bookworm	2.36-9+deb12u9	fixed
	bookworm (security)	2.36-9+deb12u7	fixed
	sid, trixie	2.40-5	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
eglibc	source	squeeze	2.11.3-4+deb6u9	DLA-411-1
eglibc	source	wheezy	2.13-38+deb7u10	DSA-3480-1
eglibc	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)
glibc	source	jessie	2.19-18+deb8u3	DSA-3481-1
glibc	source	(unstable)	2.21-7		812455

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17905#c0