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
2025-10-13T04:34:22Z
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_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10",
            "binary_name": "eglibc-source"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10",
            "binary_name": "libc-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10",
            "binary_name": "libc-dev-bin"
        },
        {
            "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-armel"
        },
        {
            "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-pic"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10",
            "binary_name": "libc6-ppc64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10",
            "binary_name": "libc6-prof"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10",
            "binary_name": "libc6-x32"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10",
            "binary_name": "multiarch-support"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.10",
            "binary_name": "nscd"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-8982"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-8983"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-8984"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-1234"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-3706"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-4429"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-6323"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

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 

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    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "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-dev-bin"
        },
        {
            "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-armel"
        },
        {
            "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-pic"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6",
            "binary_name": "libc6-ppc64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6",
            "binary_name": "libc6-s390"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6",
            "binary_name": "libc6-x32"
        },
        {
            "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"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu6",
            "binary_name": "nscd"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-1234"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-3706"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-4429"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-5417"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-6323"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}