CVE-2015-8983
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 | - | 2.21-1 | fixed |
| Debian:12 | glibc | - | 2.21-1 | fixed |
| Debian:13 | glibc | - | 2.21-1 | fixed |
| Debian:14 | glibc | - | 2.21-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | glibc | - | 2.23-0ubuntu6 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | glibc | - | 2.11.3-17.110.40.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | glibc | - | 2.11.3-17.110.40.1 | fixed |