Improper Input Validation Affecting glibc package, versions <2.19-18+deb8u5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.23% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-GLIBC-356771
  • published10 Jun 2016
  • disclosed10 Jun 2016

Introduced: 10 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-3706  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 glibc to version 2.19-18+deb8u5 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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