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CVE-2013-4357

Published: 20 September 2013

The eglibc package before 2.14 incorrectly handled the getaddrinfo() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
upstream says this isn't an issue and reporter states that this
can't be reproduced on Linux. Marking ignored for now.
sbeattie
RedHat issued a fix for this in RHBA-2012-0763

Priority

Low

CVSS 3 base score: 7.5

Status

Package Release Status
eglibc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (2.14)
lucid
Released (2.11.1-0ubuntu7.14)
precise Not vulnerable
(2.15-0ubuntu10)
quantal Not vulnerable
(2.15-0ubuntu10)
raring Not vulnerable
(2.15-0ubuntu10)
saucy Not vulnerable
(2.15-0ubuntu10)
trusty Not vulnerable
(2.15-0ubuntu10)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;h=f2962a71959fd254a7a223437ca4b63b9e81130c
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;h=34a9094f49241ebb72084c536cf468fd51ebe3ec