CVE-2015-8779
glibcVulnerabilityPatched
No public exploitation has been reported so far. A fixed version is available (see the table below).
Recommended action: Update to the fixed version listed for your distribution using the native package manager.
Affected & fixed versions by distribution
Versions are the native distribution strings (backport-aware): RHEL/Debian/SUSE backport fixes, so compare with the distro version comparator (dpkg / rpm / vercmp), not the upstream version.
| Distribution | Package | Affected | Fixed version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | glibc | - | 2.21-7 | fixed |
| Debian:12 | glibc | - | 2.21-7 | fixed |
| Debian:13 | glibc | - | 2.21-7 | fixed |
| Debian:14 | glibc | - | 2.21-7 | fixed |
| Debian:8 | glibc | - | 2.19-18+deb8u3 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS | glibc | - | 2.11.3-17.45.66.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | glibc | - | 2.19-35.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 | glibc | - | 2.19-35.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | glibc | - | 2.19-35.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | glibc | - | 2.19-35.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 | glibc | - | 2.11.3-17.95.2 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | glibc | - | 2.11.3-17.95.2 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | glibc | - | 2.11.3-17.95.2 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | glibc | - | 2.11.3-17.95.2 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | glibc | - | 2.11.3-17.95.2 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA | glibc | - | 2.11.3-17.95.2 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | glibc | - | 2.11.3-17.95.2 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | glibc | - | 2.11.3-17.95.2 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | glibc | - | 2.11.3-17.95.2 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | glibc | - | 2.19-22.13.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 | glibc | - | 2.19-22.13.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 | glibc | - | 2.19-22.13.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | glibc | - | 2.19-22.13.1 | fixed |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | glibc | - | 2.24-2.3 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | glibc | - | 0:2.12-1.209.el6 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | glibc | - | 0:2.12-1.209.el6 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | glibc | - | 0:2.12-1.209.el6 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | glibc | - | 0:2.12-1.209.el6 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | glibc | - | 0:2.17-196.el7 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | glibc | - | 0:2.17-196.el7 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | glibc | - | 0:2.17-196.el7 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | glibc | - | 0:2.17-196.el7 | fixed |