CVE-2015-5229

Description

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.

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10150

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1293976

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256285

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246713

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84172

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0176.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3