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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2013-04-29

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Glibc (Gnu)

References

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