CVE 2015-8779
Stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen 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 execute arbitrary code via a long catalog name.
Related bugs and status
CVE-2015-8779 (Candidate) is related to these bugs:
Bug #1394929: [FFe]Please provide 'locales-all' as in Debian
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1394929 | [FFe]Please provide 'locales-all' as in Debian | glibc (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1394929 | [FFe]Please provide 'locales-all' as in Debian | langpack-locales (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1497473: [FFe] update glibc to 2.22 in wily
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1497473 | [FFe] update glibc to 2.22 in wily | glibc (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1521172: [FFe][Ubuntu 16.04] Use glibc-2.23 in Ubuntu 16.04
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1521172 | [FFe][Ubuntu 16.04] Use glibc-2.23 in Ubuntu 16.04 | glibc (Ubuntu) | Medium | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1546457: libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10.13 doesn't mark reboot-required
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1546457 | libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10.13 doesn't mark reboot-required | glibc (Ubuntu) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1546457 | libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10.13 doesn't mark reboot-required | eglibc (Ubuntu Precise) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1546457 | libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10.13 doesn't mark reboot-required | eglibc (Ubuntu Trusty) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1546457 | libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10.13 doesn't mark reboot-required | glibc (Ubuntu Wily) | High | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1821752: libc6 version 2.19 breaks NSS loading for static binaries
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1821752 | libc6 version 2.19 breaks NSS loading for static binaries | eglibc (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1821752 | libc6 version 2.19 breaks NSS loading for static binaries | eglibc (Debian) | Unknown | Fix Released | ||
| 1821752 | libc6 version 2.19 breaks NSS loading for static binaries | eglibc | Medium | Fix Released | ||
See the 
CVE page on Mitre.org
for more details.
