ubuntu-cve-2015-7510
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-09-25 21:29
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getpwnam and getgrnam functions of the NSS module nss-mymachines in systemd.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libnss-myhostname",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libnss-myhostname-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libnss-mymachines",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libnss-mymachines-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libnss-resolve",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libnss-resolve-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam-systemd",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam-systemd-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsystemd-dev",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsystemd-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsystemd0",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsystemd0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libudev-dev",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libudev-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libudev1",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libudev1-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libudev1-udeb",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libudev1-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "systemd",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "systemd-container",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "systemd-container-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "systemd-coredump",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "systemd-coredump-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "systemd-dbg",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "systemd-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "systemd-journal-remote",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "systemd-journal-remote-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "systemd-sysv",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "systemd-sysv-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "udev",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "udev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "udev-udeb",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "udev-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "229-4ubuntu4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "systemd",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/systemd@229-4ubuntu4?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "229-4ubuntu4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "225-1ubuntu9",
        "227-2ubuntu1",
        "227-2ubuntu2",
        "228-1ubuntu2",
        "228-2ubuntu1",
        "228-2ubuntu2",
        "228-3ubuntu1",
        "228-4ubuntu1",
        "228-4ubuntu2",
        "228-5ubuntu1",
        "228-5ubuntu2",
        "228-5ubuntu3",
        "228-6ubuntu1",
        "229-1ubuntu2",
        "229-1ubuntu4",
        "229-2ubuntu1",
        "229-3ubuntu1",
        "229-3ubuntu2",
        "229-4ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Stack-based buffer overflow in the getpwnam and getgrnam functions of the NSS module nss-mymachines in systemd.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7510",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:56Z",
  "published": "2017-09-25T21:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7510"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7510"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-7510"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:17Z"
}



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