CVE-2016-3706

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-3706
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-10 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:18:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving hostent conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc All 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
Android Security Bulletin—December 2017  |  Android Open Source Project CONFIRM source.android.com Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit CONFIRM sourceware.org Third Party Advisory
Google Android Multiple Qualcomm Components Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit MISC sourceware.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:1779-1: moderate: Security update for glibc SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
GNU glibc 'getaddrinfo()' Function Incomplete Fix Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
20010 – (CVE-2016-3706) getaddrinfo: Stack overflow in hostent translation (CVE-2016-3706) CONFIRM sourceware.org Issue Tracking
IBM Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL, OpenVPN and GNU glibc affect IBM Security Virtual Server Protection for VMware - United States CONFIRM www-01.ibm.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:1527-1: moderate: Security update for glibc SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 670286 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2021-1790)
  • 670842 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2021-1790)
  • 900034 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for glibc 2.28
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