CVE-2013-4458 (GCVE-0-2013-4458)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-12-12 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:45
VLAI
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) hostname or (2) IP address that triggers a large number of AF_INET6 address results. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1914.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16072 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2013-10-22 00:00
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