CVE-2016-4429 Information

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the clntudp_call function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly unspecified other impact via a flood of crafted ICMP and UDP packets.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00027.html https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20112 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=bc779a1a5b3035133024b21e2f339fe4219fb11c https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-2/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.9