GHOST gethostbyname() heap overflow in glibc (CVE-2015-0235)
Severity: : High
CVE Kennungen: : CVE-2015-0235
Advisory Date: 28 de stycznia de 2015
DESCRIPTION
Heap-based buffer overflow in the __nss_hostname_digits_dots function in glibc 2.2, and other 2.x versions before 2.18, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) gethostbyname or (2) gethostbyname2 function, aka "GHOST."