CVE-2015-5277 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-5277?

CVE-2015-5277 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 17 Dec 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5277?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Gnu Glibc, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5277?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-5277 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5277 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5277, GHSA-hjm6-jvmc-534p, RHSA-2015:2172, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5277.