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CVE-2015-0235 / RHSA-2015:0092
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Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]>
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Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:44:51 +1100
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As an FYI:

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in __nss_hostname_digits_dots(),
which is used by the gethostbyname() and gethostbyname2() glibc function
call. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitary code
with the permissions of the user running the application.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-0235

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0092.html

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Steven Haigh

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