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CVE-2013-4458

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 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 AF_INET6 address results. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1914.

Published

2013-12-12T18:55:10.883

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 ≤ 2.18 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.0 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.0.1 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.0.2 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.0.3 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.0.4 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.0.5 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.0.6 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.1 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.1.1 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.1.1.6 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.1.2 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.1.3 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.1.9 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
Application gnu glibc 2.17 Yes
Application suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11 Yes
Operating System suse linux_enterprise_server 11 Yes
References