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CVE-2016-3706

Published: 10 June 2016

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Michael Petlan discovered an unbounded stack allocation in the getaddrinfo() function of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
other versions of fixes in glibc bug report
reverted in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS due to breaking IPv6 name
resolution

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
eglibc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

trusty
Released (2.19-0ubuntu6.10)
upstream Needs triage

wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
glibc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(2.24-0ubuntu1)
bionic Not vulnerable
(2.24-0ubuntu1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(2.24-0ubuntu1)
disco Not vulnerable
(2.24-0ubuntu1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(2.24-0ubuntu1)
focal Not vulnerable
(2.24-0ubuntu1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(2.24-0ubuntu1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(2.24-0ubuntu1)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial
Released (2.23-0ubuntu6)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(2.24-0ubuntu1)
zesty Not vulnerable
(2.24-0ubuntu1)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9 (trunk)
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=1a8a7c12950a0026a3c406a7cb1608f96aa1460e (2.23 fix)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H