CVE-2015-5229
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-04-08 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 06:41
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0176.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84172
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246713Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256285Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1293976Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10150
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