Improper Input Validation Affecting glibc-utils package, versions <0:2.17-292.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GLIBCUTILS-4917346
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Apr 2016

Introduced: 28 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-10739  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 glibc-utils to version 0:2.17-292.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2118.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-utils package and not the glibc-utils package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could lead applications to incorrectly assume that it had parsed a valid string, without the possibility of embedded HTTP headers or other potentially dangerous substrings.

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