RHSA-2016:0175Critical

Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security and bug fix update

Published
February 16, 2016
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2015-7547 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-7547 — glibc: getaddrinfo stack-based buffer overflow

🎯 Affected products132

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • glibc-common-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • glibc-common-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • glibc-common-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • glibc-common-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • glibc-common-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • glibc-common-0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (5)