Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc-common package, versions <0:2.12-1.149.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.78% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-GLIBCCOMMON-2485361
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed12 Dec 2013

Introduced: 12 Dec 2013

CVE-2013-4458  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 glibc-common to version 0:2.12-1.149.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-1391.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-common package and not the glibc-common package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 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.

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