CVE-2013-4357 Information

Description

The eglibc package before 2.14 incorrectly handled the getaddrinfo() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00020.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/28/18 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/24/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67992 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-3 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4357 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95103 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4357

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5