CVE-2015-5229

Published: 8 April 2016

The calloc function in the glibc package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7 and 7.2 does not properly initialize memory areas, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via unspecified vectors.

Notes

Author	Note
seth-arnold	This fault is in RHEL-specific code,

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
eglibc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Not vulnerable
	vivid	Does not exist
glibc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable
	vivid	Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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