Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2015-8984 First vendor Publication 2017-03-20
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 5.9
Base Score 5.9 Environmental Score 5.9
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.9
Exploitabality Sub Score 2.2
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The fnmatch function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed pattern, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8984

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 117

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-12-17 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : f5_bigip_SOL29241247.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-24 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3239-3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-22 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3239-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3239-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792...
Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789
CONFIRM https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html

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