Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting glibc package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-GLIBC-2415100
  • published4 Mar 2022
  • disclosed19 Feb 2022

Introduced: 19 Feb 2022

CVE-2016-20013  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:20.04 glibc.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

sha256crypt and sha512crypt through 0.6 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) because the algorithm's runtime is proportional to the square of the length of the password.

CVSS Scores

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