Attack (Attack ID:105299)

Release Date2016/09/08

Attack NameDNS GNU C Library glibc getaddrinfo Buffer Overflow -2 (CVE-2015-7547)

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Description

A code execution vulnerability exists in GNU C Library. The vulnerability is due to an error within the getaddrinfo() function when handling DNS response resulting in a buffer overflow.
Impact:Remote code execution
Affected System:Linux, Other Unix
Additional References:CVE-2015-7547

 

Solution

Update vendor's patch.