UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0235

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0235

    Published: 27 Jan 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-0235
    Aliases:
    USN-2485-1

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the __nss_hostname_digits_dots function in glibc 2.2, and other 2.x versions before 2.18, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) gethostbyname or (2) gethostbyname2 function, aka "GHOST."

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0235, https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=d5dd6189d506068ed11c8bfa1e1e9bffde04decd, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2485-1, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GHOST, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0235

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: eglibc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.19-0ubuntu6

    Affected versions

    2.17-93ubuntu4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High