CVE-2015-5229
First published: Mon Aug 24 2015(Updated: )
It was discovered that the calloc implementation in glibc, as shipped in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 GA and 7.2 GA version, could return memory areas which contain non-zero bytes. This could lead to application misbehavior such as hangs or crashes.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =6.7 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.2 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus | =7.2 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.2 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.2 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-1465.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0176.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256285
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0176.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84172
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246713
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1293976
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10150
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