USN-3239-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3239-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3239-1
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Published
2017-03-21T02:58:45.626524Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:51:58.104252Z
Summary
eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the strxfrm() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8982)

It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the IOwstr_overflow() function of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8983)

It was discovered that the fnmatch() function in the GNU C Library did not properly handle certain malformed patterns. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8984)

Alexander Cherepanov discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to specially craft a directory layout and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-1234)

Florian Weimer discovered a NULL pointer dereference in the DNS resolver of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5180)

Michael Petlan discovered an unbounded stack allocation in the getaddrinfo() function of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-3706)

Aldy Hernandez discovered an unbounded stack allocation in the sunrpc implementation in the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4429)

Tim Ruehsen discovered that the getaddrinfo() implementation in the GNU C Library did not properly track memory allocations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-5417)

Andreas Schwab discovered that the GNU C Library on ARM 32-bit platforms did not properly set up execution contexts. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-6323)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / eglibc

Package

Name
eglibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc@2.19-0ubuntu6.10?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.19-0ubuntu6.10

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
2.19-0ubuntu6
2.19-0ubuntu6.1
2.19-0ubuntu6.3
2.19-0ubuntu6.4
2.19-0ubuntu6.5
2.19-0ubuntu6.6
2.19-0ubuntu6.7
2.19-0ubuntu6.8
2.19-0ubuntu6.9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "eglibc-source",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "glibc-doc",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc-bin-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc-dev-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc-dev-bin-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-amd64",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-amd64-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-armel",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-armel-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-amd64",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-armel",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-i386",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-ppc64",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-x32",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-i386",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-i386-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-pic",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-ppc64",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-ppc64-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-prof",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-x32",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-x32-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss-dns-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss-dns-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss-files-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss-files-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "multiarch-support",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nscd",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nscd-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/glibc@2.23-0ubuntu6?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.23-0ubuntu6

Affected versions

2.*

2.21-0ubuntu4
2.21-0ubuntu5
2.21-0ubuntu6
2.23-0ubuntu1
2.23-0ubuntu2
2.23-0ubuntu3
2.23-0ubuntu4
2.23-0ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "glibc-doc",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "glibc-source",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc-bin-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc-dev-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc-dev-bin-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-amd64",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-amd64-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-armel",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-armel-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-amd64",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-armel",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-i386",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-ppc64",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-s390",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-x32",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-i386",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-i386-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-pic",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-ppc64",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-ppc64-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-s390",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-s390-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-x32",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-x32-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "locales",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "locales-all",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "multiarch-support",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nscd",
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nscd-dbgsym",
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        }
    ]
}