CVE-2016-10739
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2016-10739 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2019-01-21 19:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2019-08-06 17:15:00 UTC |
| Description | In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could lead applications to incorrectly assume that it had parsed a valid string, without the possibility of embedded HTTP headers or other potentially dangerous substrings. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-20
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20018 – (CVE-2016-10739) getaddrinfo should reject IP addresses with trailing characters (CVE-2016-10739) | MISC | sourceware.org | Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| GNU glibc CVE-2016-10739 Security Bypass Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | access.redhat.com | |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1250-1: moderate: Security update f | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| 1347549 – (CVE-2016-10739) CVE-2016-10739 glibc: getaddrinfo should reject IP addresses with trailing characters | MISC | bugzilla.redhat.com | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | access.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 296073 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 24.75.2 Missing (CPUJUL2020)
- 377248 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for glibc (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0112)
- 671075 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2019-2476)
- 671092 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2019-2155)
- 900018 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for glibc 2.28
- 903342 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for glibc (1942)