CVE-2015-7510

Publication date 25 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getpwnam and getgrnam functions of the NSS module nss-mymachines in systemd.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
systemd 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
systemd

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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