Memory Initialization Vulnerability in glibc Package in RHEL 6.7 and 7.2

CVE-2015-5229 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The calloc function in the glibc package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7 and 7.2 does not properly initialize memory areas, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via unspecified vectors.

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