UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0235

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0235
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0235.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0235
Upstream
Related
  • USN-2485-1
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:08Z
Published
2015-01-27T18:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:33:00.589684Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - high
Summary
[none]
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the _nsshostnamedigitsdots 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."

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / eglibc

Package

Name
eglibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc@2.19-0ubuntu6?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.19-0ubuntu6

Affected versions

2.*

2.17-93ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu1
2.18-0ubuntu2
2.18-0ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu5
2.18-0ubuntu6
2.18-0ubuntu7
2.19-0ubuntu2
2.19-0ubuntu3
2.19-0ubuntu4
2.19-0ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific 

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            "binary_name": "glibc-doc"
        },
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            "binary_name": "libc-bin"
        },
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            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6",
            "binary_name": "libc-dev-bin"
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        },
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        },
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        },
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            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6",
            "binary_name": "libc6-udeb"
        },
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            "binary_name": "libc6-x32"
        },
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            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6",
            "binary_name": "libnss-dns-udeb"
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            "binary_name": "libnss-files-udeb"
        },
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        },
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    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0235.json"