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CVE-2015-0235
critical
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the __nss_hostname_digits_dots function in glibc 2.2, and other 2.x versions before 2.18, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) gethostbyname or (2) gethostbyname2 function, aka "GHOST."
From the Tenable Blog
Tenable Responds to CVE-2015-0235: GHOST (Updated)
Published: 2015-01-28
A major vulnerability was disclosed today in the GNU C Library (“glibc”). CVE-2015-0235, known as “GHOST” in the media, affects Linux systems that use versions of the library prior to glibc-2.18, which was released on August 12, 2013. The GNU C Library is commonly used for standard system calls by programs written in C and C++. The vulnerability is a heap-based buffer overflow which affects the gethostbyname() and gethostbyname2() glibc function calls.
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