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Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc package, versions <2.18-1

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 3.19% (92nd percentile)
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NVD
5.3 medium
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4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-526288
  • published 12 Dec 2013
  • disclosed 12 Dec 2013
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Introduced: 12 Dec 2013

CVE-2013-4458 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.18-1 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:11 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) 2.18 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 AF_INET6 address results. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1914.