CVE-2016-3706
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 10, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 30, 2016
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving hostent conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1779vendor-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9
- 88440vdb-entry
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1527vendor-advisory
- 102073vdb-entry
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