Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2015-5229 First vendor Publication 2016-04-08
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2016-11-28

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.5
Base Score 7.5 Environmental Score 7.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 7.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 3.9
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5229

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-17 Code

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 2
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-11-28 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2016-2573.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-11 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2573.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-04 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-2573.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-11 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2016-660.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-02-17 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2016-0176.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-02-17 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-0176.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-02-17 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-0176.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-02-17 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20160216_glibc_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84172
CONFIRM http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-286720...
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246713
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256285
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1293976
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10150
REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0176.html

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