SUSE-SU-2015:1844-1: glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise

Published
Published 24-09-2015Last modified 04-02-2026

Vulnerability summary

SUSE-SU-2015:1844-1 is a vulnerability in glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise with no CVSS score yet.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

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CVSS score
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010
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EPSS scoreNot scoredRisk metrics not yet published.
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CVE-2014-8121CVE-2015-1781

Timeline

  1. 24-09-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Security update for glibc glibc was updated to fix bugs and security issues. Security issues fixed: * A buffer overflow in nss_dns was fixed that could lead to crashes. (CVE-2015-1781, bsc#927080, BZ #18287) * A denial of service attack (out of memory) in the NSS files backend was fixed (CVE-2014-8121, bsc#918187, GLIBC BZ #18007) Non security bugs fixed: * Fix regression in threaded application malloc performance (bsc#915955, GLIBC#17195) * Fix read past end of pattern in fnmatch (bsc#920338, GLIBC#17062, GLIBC#18032, GLIBC#18036) * Record TTL also for DNS PTR queries (bsc#928723, GLIBC#18513) * Increase MINSIGSTKSZ and SIGSTKSZ for aarch64 (bsc#931480, GLIBC#16850) * Fix handling of IPv6 nameservers (bsc#939211, GLIBC#13028, GLIBC#17053) * Avoid use of asm/ptrace.h (bsc#934084) * Do not corrupt the top of a threaded heap if top chunk is MINSIZE (GLIBC#18502) * Terminate unwinding after makecontext_ret on s390 (bsc#940332. bsc#944494, GLIBC#18508) * Restore signal mask in set/swapcontext on s390 (bsc#940195, bsc#944494, GLIBC#18080) * fix dlopen in static binaries (bsc#937853, GLIBC#17250) * Properly reread entry after failure in nss_files getent function (bsc#945779, BZ #18991) Features added: * AVX512 support (fate#318844) * Add compatibility symlinks for LSB 3.0 (fate#318933)

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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

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Suse4 products
  • glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12< 2.19-22.7.1
  • glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12< 2.19-22.7.1
  • glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12< 2.19-22.7.1
  • glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12< 2.19-22.7.1

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