CVE-2015-8776

Critical

Description

The strftime function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via an out-of-range time value.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.1
Exploit probability—
ProductGnu Glibc
PublishedApr 19, 2016
First seenApr 19, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnu glibcv ≤ 2.22—
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo11—
opensuse opensuse13.2—
suse linux_enterprise_desktop11, 12—
suse linux_enterprise_server11, 12—
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit11, 12—
suse suse_linux_enterprise_server12—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 15.10—
debian debian_linux8.0—
fedoraproject fedora23—

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