RHSA-2016:0225Critical

Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security 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 products200

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.1)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.107.el6_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.4)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.107.el6_4.9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.4)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.107.el6_4.9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.4)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.107.el6_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.4)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.132.el6_5.7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.132.el6_5.7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.132.el6_5.7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.132.el6_5.7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.11.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.11.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.11.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.11.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.11.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.11.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6)
  • glibc-0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
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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

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