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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2016-06-10

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Glibc (Gnu)
• Opensuse (Opensuse)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9