CVE-2015-7547

8.1 HIGH
Published: February 18, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the (1) send_dg and (2) send_vc functions in the libresolv library in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response that triggers a call to the getaddrinfo function with the AF_UNSPEC or AF_INET6 address family, related to performing "dual A/AAAA DNS queries" and the libnss_dns.so.2 NSS module.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0176.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2900-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3481
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83265
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/articles/2161461
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/24/utm-up2date-9-355-released/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/29/utm-up2date-9-319-released/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa114
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1293532
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40161
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10150
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18665
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00416.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/k/47/sol47098834.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/457759
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/glibc-getaddrinfo-stack-overflow
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00043.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00044.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145596041017029&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145672440608228&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145690841819314&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145857691004892&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=146161017210491&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0175.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0176.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0225.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0277.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/36
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX206991
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2900-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3481
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83265
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035020
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://access.redhat.com/articles/2161461
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/24/utm-up2date-9-355-released/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/29/utm-up2date-9-319-released/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa114
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1293532
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c05028479
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04989404
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05098877
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05125672
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05128937
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05130958
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05140858
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-103-01
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40161
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10150
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160217-0002/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18665
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00416.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/k/47/sol47098834.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_5450
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39454/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40339/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/457759
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-08
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

150 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.1 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
94.0%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

oracle redhat gnu sophos opensuse debian f5 suse hp canonical