Glibc Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2015-1473)

Glibc Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2015-1473)

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Affected Systems:
GNU glibc
Description:
Bugtraq id: 72499
CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2015-1473

Glibc is the libc library released by GNU, that is, the c Runtime Library. Glibc is the most underlying api in linux, and almost any other Runtime Library depends on glibc.

Glibc has a heap buffer overflow vulnerability. The impact is unknown.

<* Source: Florian weian (Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE)
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Suggestion:
Vendor patch:

GNU
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Currently, the vendor does not provide patches or upgrade programs. We recommend that users who use the software follow the vendor's homepage to obtain the latest version:

Http://www.gnu.org

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