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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2015.0219.2 GNU glibc gethostbyname Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 29 January 2015 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: glibc in Cisco products Publisher: Cisco Systems Operating System: Cisco UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2015-0235 Reference: ESB-2015.0212 ESB-2015.0203 ESB-2015.0190 ESB-2015.0188 Original Bulletin: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150128-ghost Revision History: January 29 2015: Updated product tag and Operating systems January 29 2015: Initial Release - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Cisco Security Advisory: GNU glibc gethostbyname Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Advisory ID: cisco-sa-20150128-ghost Revision 1.0 For Public Release 2015 January 28 22:30 UTC (GMT) +--------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary ======= On January 27, 2015, a buffer overflow vulnerability in the GNU C library (glibc) was publicly announced. This vulnerability is related to the various gethostbyname functions included in glibc and affect applications that call these functions. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from an exploited system or, in some instances, perform remote code execution with the privileges of the application being exploited. The glibc library is a commonly used third-party software component that is released by the GNU software project and a number of Cisco products are likely affected. This advisory will be updated as additional information becomes available. Cisco will release free software updates that address this vulnerability. Workarounds that mitigate this vulnerability are not available. 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