CVE-2013-4357

Summary

CVECVE-2013-4357
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-12-31 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-01-14 16:31:00 UTC
DescriptionThe eglibc package before 2.14 incorrectly handled the getaddrinfo() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Eglibc Eglibc All All All All
Application Eglibc Eglibc All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 sp2 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 sp2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Please REJECT CVE-2012-6686 MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 844309 – VUL-0: CVE-2013-4357: glibc: another getaddrinfo stack overflow? MISC bugzilla.suse.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2013-4357 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: GHOST gethostbyname() heap overflow in glibc (CVE-2015-0235) MISC www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1129-1: important: Security update for MISC lists.opensuse.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-2306-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu MISC www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com | CVE-2013-4357 MISC access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE Request: glibc getaddrinfo() stack overflow MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE Request: glibc getaddrinfo() stack overflow MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-2306-3: GNU C Library regression | Ubuntu MISC www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange MISC exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: GHOST gethostbyname() heap overflow in glibc (CVE-2015-0235) MISC www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
1009643 – (CVE-2012-6686, CVE-2013-4357) CVE-2012-6686 CVE-2013-4357 glibc: stack overflow in getaddrinfo()'s use of alloca() MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
GNU glibc 'getaddrinfo()' CVE-2013-4357 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability MISC www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-2306-2: GNU C Library regression | Ubuntu MISC www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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