CVE-2014-3484

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3484
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-20 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-02-28 21:14:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple stack-based buffer overflows in the __dn_expand function in network/dn_expand.c in musl libc 1.1x before 1.1.2 and 0.9.13 through 1.0.3 allow remote attackers to (1) have unspecified impact via an invalid name length in a DNS response or (2) cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid name length in a DNS response, related to an infinite loop with no output.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Musl-libc Musl All All All All
Application Musl-libc Musl All All All All
Application Musl-libc Musl All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
musl - musl - an implementation of the standard library for Linux-based systems MISC git.musl-libc.org Patch
oss-sec: Security advisory for musl libc - remote stack-based buffer overflow in DNS response parsing [CVE-2014-3484] MISC seclists.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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