CVE - CVE-2013-4458

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-4458	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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CONFIRM:https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16072 GENTOO:GLSA-201503-04 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2013:283 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2013:284 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284 MLIST:[libc-alpha] 20131022 [PATCH][BZ #16072] Fix stack overflow due to large AF_INET6 requests URL:https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-10/msg00733.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:0470 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Entry Created
20130612	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20130612)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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