CVE-2015-8985
Published: 20 March 2017
The pop_fail_stack function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via vectors related to extended regular expression processing.
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 5.9
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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eglibc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needed
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Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Needs triage
|
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glibc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(2.28)
|
Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Not vulnerable
(2.28-0ubuntu1)
|
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Not vulnerable
(2.28-0ubuntu1)
|
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Needed
|
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Needed
|
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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
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Patches: Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=eb04c21373e2a2885f3d52ff192b0499afe3c672 |
Notes
Author | Note |
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sbeattie | PoC testcase in upstream bug report fix commit possibly introduced regression addressed by bc680b336971305cb39896b30d72dc7101b62242 |