CVE-2013-4357

moderate-risk
Published 2019-12-31

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

Do I need to act?

~
1.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (9)

Eglibc

Affected Vendors

Novell Debian Canonical Fedoraproject Eglibc

References (30)

Issue Tracking http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00020.html
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/4
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/8
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/28/18
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/24/3
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67992
Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-1
Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-2
Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-3
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4357
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357
Exploit https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95103
Third Party Advisory https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4357
Issue Tracking http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00020.html
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/4
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/8
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/28/18
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21
and 10 more references
45
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 15/34 · Moderate