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Status published
High
CVE-2016-3706
Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in...
Vulnerability Description
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.
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.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073
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Affected Vendor
opensuse
View all reports →Affected Software
opensuse, glibc
Vulnerable Versions:
13.2, 0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 10th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.