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CVE-2013-1914

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) hostname or (2) IP address that triggers a large number of domain conversion results.

Published

2013-04-29T22:55:01.057

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	glibc	≤ 2.17	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.0.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.0.6	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.2	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.2.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.2.2	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.2.3	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.2.4	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.2.5	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3.2	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3.3	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3.4	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3.5	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3.6	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.4	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.5	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.5.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.6	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.6.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.7	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.8	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.9	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.10.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.11	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.11.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.11.2	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.11.3	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.12.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.12.2	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.13	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.14	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.14.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.15	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.16	Yes

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/52817 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/55113 ([email protected])
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15330 ([email protected])
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1cef1b19089528db11f221e938f60b9b048945d7 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:163 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/2 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/8 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/05/1 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58839 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1 ([email protected])
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813121 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947882 ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04 ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/52817 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/55113 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15330 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1cef1b19089528db11f221e938f60b9b048945d7 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:163 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/8 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/05/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58839 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813121 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947882 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)