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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8982

Integer overflow in the strxfrm function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.21 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Integer overflow in the strxfrm function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.21 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 glibc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.21-1"}]}]

Debian:13 glibc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.21-1"}]}]

Debian:14 glibc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.21-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org