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

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2204-GLIBC-2801292
  • published 4 Mar 2022
  • disclosed 19 Feb 2022
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Introduced: 19 Feb 2022

CVE-2016-20013 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-770 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:22.04 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:22.04 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

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High