Upstream information

CVE-2015-5277 at MITRE

Description

The get_contents function in nss_files/files-XXX.c in the Name Service Switch (NSS) in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.20 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) or gain privileges via a long line in the NSS files database.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1123874 [NEW], 945830 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • glibc >= 2.17-106.el7_2.1
  • glibc-common >= 2.17-106.el7_2.1
  • glibc-devel >= 2.17-106.el7_2.1
  • glibc-headers >= 2.17-106.el7_2.1
  • glibc-static >= 2.17-106.el7_2.1
  • glibc-utils >= 2.17-106.el7_2.1
  • nscd >= 2.17-106.el7_2.1
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2015:2172

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Sep 14 18:15:48 2015
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:23:10 2025