cve/2015/CVE-2015-8779.md

CVE-2015-8779

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long catalog name.

POC

Reference

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17905

Github

• https://github.com/auditt7708/rhsecapi