CVE-2003-0859 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2003-0859

The getifaddrs function in GNU libc (glibc) 2.2.4 and earlier...

Vulnerability Description

The getifaddrs function in GNU libc (glibc) 2.2.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending spoofed messages as other users to the kernel netlink interface.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

glibc, zebra, quagga routing software suite, propack, enterprise linux, linux advanced workstation, ia64
Vulnerable Versions:
2.3.2, 0.91a, 0.92a, 0.93a, 0.93b, 0.96.2, 2.2.1, 2.3, 2.1, 3.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 18th, 2003
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.