CVE-2015-5277 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Glibc

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-300 — Channel Accessible by Non-EndpointCWE-494 — Download of Code Without Integrity Check12 documents8 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 72.03%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
GNU GlibcCanonical Ubuntu LinuxRedhat Enterprise Linux Desktop+3 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 17
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The get_contents function in nss_files/files-XXX.c in the Name Service Switch (NSS) in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.20 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) or gain privileges via a long line in the NSS files database.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages6 packages

▶Debiangnu/glibc< 2.21-1+3
▶NVDgnu/glibc2.19

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-hjm6-jvmc-534p: The get_contents function in nss_files/files-XXX↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2015-5277: The get_contents function in nss_files/files-XXX↗2015-12-17
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CVEList
CVE-2015-5277: The get_contents function in nss_files/files-XXX↗2015-12-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
GNU C Library vulnerabilities↗2016-05-25
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Red Hat
glibc: data corruption while reading the NSS files database↗2015-09-14
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Red Hat
docker: regression of CVE-2014-5277↗2015-03-27
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Debian
CVE-2015-5277: glibc - The get_contents function in nss_files/files-XXX.c in the Name Service Switch (N...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5277 glibc: data corruption while reading the NSS files database↗2015-09-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5277 glibc: nss_files doesn't detect ERANGE problems correctly [rhel-7.3]↗2014-05-19
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CVE-2015-5277 — GNU Glibc vulnerability | cvebase