Buffer overflow in GNU Glibc
CVE-2013-4458
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.042 (90.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Glibc — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-10/msg00733.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04 (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)