| Name | CVE-2015-8982 |
| Description | Integer overflow in the strxfrm function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.21 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 803927 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| glibc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.19-18+deb8u14 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.24-11+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.24-11+deb9u7 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.28-10+deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u11 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u10 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u9 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u7 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.40-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| eglibc | source | squeeze | 2.11.3-4+deb6u8 | | | |
| eglibc | source | wheezy | 2.13-38+deb7u9 | | | |
| eglibc | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
| glibc | source | jessie | 2.19-18+deb8u2 | | | |
| glibc | source | (unstable) | 2.21-1 | | | 803927 |
Notes
workaround entry for DLA-350-1 until/if CVE assigned
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16009
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=0f9e585480ed
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/08/2