Code The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package glibc  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1410-GLIBC-633421
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed26 Aug 2015

Introduced: 26 Aug 2015

CVE-2013-7424  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-17  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The getaddrinfo function in glibc before 2.15, when compiled with libidn and the AI_IDN flag is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by an internationalized domain name to ping6.