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CVE-2016-3706

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Date: June 10, 2016

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (11)

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3706
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3706
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-3706

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

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CVSS v3

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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