CVE-2016-3706
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-06-10 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:03
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9
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