Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc-devel package, versions <0:2.17-157.169.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.99% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GLIBCDEVEL-1704283
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed1 Jun 2016

Introduced: 1 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-3075  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 glibc-devel to version 0:2.17-157.169.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-792.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-devel package and not the glibc-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the nss_dns implementation of the getnetbyname function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a long name.