It was discovered that the calloc implementation in glibc could return memory areas which contain non-zero bytes. This could result in unexpected application behavior such as hangs or crashes.
Find out more about CVE-2015-5229 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (glibc) | RHBA-2015:1465 | 2015-07-22 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (glibc) | RHSA-2016:0176 | 2016-02-16 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | glibc | Not affected |
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