CVE-2016-3075

Summary

CVECVE-2016-3075
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-01 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:32:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the nss_dns implementation of the getnetbyname function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a long name.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 15.10 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 15.10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GNU glibc CVE-2016-3075 Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit CONFIRM sourceware.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:1779-1: moderate: Security update for glibc SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: glibc-2.22-15.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit sourceware.org
USN-2985-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
19879 – (CVE-2016-3075) nss_dns: Stack overflow in getnetbyname implementation (CVE-2016-3075) CONFIRM sourceware.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:1527-1: moderate: Security update for glibc SUSE lists.opensuse.org
GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-11) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710558 Gentoo Linux GNU C Library Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-11)
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