cvelist/2015/1xxx/CVE-2015-1473.json

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                "name": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html",
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                "name": "[oss-security] 20150203 Re: CVE request: heap buffer overflow in glibc swscanf",
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