CVE-2015-1781
EPSS 4.8%eglibc - security update
Published: 9/28/2015Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1781
Description
Buffer 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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/eglibcfrom 0, < 2.11.3-4+deb6u6
- Debian/glibcfrom 0, < 2.19-20