CVE-2016-3706 Information

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.

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-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9

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