CVE-2016-3706
Published on: 06/10/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:03 PM UTC
Certain versions of Glibc from Gnu contain the following vulnerability:
Stack-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.
- CVE-2016-3706 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
CVSS3 Score: 7.5 - HIGH
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | NONE | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
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UNCHANGED | NONE | NONE | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 5 - MEDIUM
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
NONE | NONE | PARTIAL |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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Android Security Bulletin—December 2017 | Android Open Source Project | Third Party Advisory source.android.com text/html |
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sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit | Third Party Advisory sourceware.org text/xml |
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Google Android Multiple Qualcomm Components Multiple Security Vulnerabilities | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry cve.report (archive) text/html |
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openSUSE-SU-2016:1779-1: moderate: Security update for glibc | Mailing List Third Party Advisory lists.opensuse.org text/html |
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GNU glibc 'getaddrinfo()' Function Incomplete Fix Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry cve.report (archive) text/html |
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20010 – (CVE-2016-3706) getaddrinfo: Stack overflow in hostent translation (CVE-2016-3706) | Issue Tracking sourceware.org text/html |
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IBM Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL, OpenVPN and GNU glibc affect IBM Security Virtual Server Protection for VMware - United States | Third Party Advisory web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived |
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openSUSE-SU-2016:1527-1: moderate: Security update for glibc | Mailing List Third Party Advisory lists.opensuse.org text/html |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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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 |
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE