| Name | CVE-2015-8984 |
| 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 | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-316-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 779587 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| eglibc (PTS) | wheezy | 2.13-38+deb7u10 | fixed |
| wheezy (security) | 2.13-38+deb7u12 | fixed | |
| glibc (PTS) | jessie | 2.19-18+deb8u9 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 2.19-18+deb8u10 | fixed | |
| stretch | 2.24-11 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 2.24-11+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 2.24-12 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eglibc | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | medium | ||
| eglibc | source | squeeze | 2.11.3-4+deb6u7 | medium | DLA-316-1 | |
| eglibc | source | wheezy | 2.13-38+deb7u9 | medium | ||
| glibc | source | (unstable) | 2.21-1 | medium | 779587 | |
| glibc | source | jessie | 2.19-18+deb8u2 | medium |
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5