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CVE-2016-3706

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving hostent conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458.

Published

2016-06-10T15:59:03.360

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

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-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	< 2.23	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)