{"id":"MGASA-2015-0072","summary":"Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities","details":"Under certain conditions wscanf can allocate too little memory for the\nto-be-scanned arguments and overflow the allocated buffer (CVE-2015-1472).\n\nThe incorrect use of \"__libc_use_alloca (newsize)\" caused a different\n(and weaker) policy to be enforced which could allow a denial of service\nattack (CVE-2015-1473).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:48:22.748608319Z","published":"2015-02-17T18:38:13Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-1472","CVE-2015-1473"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0072.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15259"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/04/1"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"glibc","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/glibc?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.18-9.9.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0072.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}