Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc package, versions <2.17-2


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 15.99% (96th percentile)
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NVD
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-GLIBC-356628
  • published 29 Apr 2013
  • disclosed 29 Apr 2013

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 glibc to version 2.17-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.