CVE-2013-4458
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 12, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 12, 2013
Description
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- [libc-alpha] 20131022 [PATCH][BZ #16072] Fix stack overflow due to large AF_INET6 requestsmailing-list
- SUSE-SU-2016:0470vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2013:284vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201503-04vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2013:283vendor-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16072
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