Severity
High
Vendor
glibc
Versions Affected
- Ubuntu 14.04
Description
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled receiving responses while performing DNS resolution. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
The Cloud Foundry project released a BOSH stemcell version 3146.8 that has the patched version of the Linux kernel. A new Cloud Foundry rootfs was also released, cflinuxfs2 v.1.35.0, that has the patches.
Affected Products and Versions
Severity is high unless otherwise noted.
- All versions of Cloud Foundry BOSH stemcells prior to 3146.8 are vulnerable.
- All versions of Cloud Foundry cflinuxfs2 prior to v.1.35.0.
Mitigation
Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation:
- The Cloud Foundry project recommends that Cloud Foundry deployments run with BOSH stemcells 3146.8 or later versions and cflinuxfs2 v.1.35.0 or later versions.
Credit
N/A
