CVE-2016-3706

moderate-risk
Published 2016-06-10

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.

Do I need to act?

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2.5% 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
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Opensuse Gnu

References (16)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
Third Party Advisory http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440
Third Party Advisory https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01
Issue Tracking https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5...
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
Third Party Advisory http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440
Third Party Advisory https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01
Issue Tracking https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5...
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low