CVE-2016-3706 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-3706 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 2.48% · 85.2th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

2.48%

85.2th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	eglibc	0, 2.17-93ubuntu4, 2.18-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	glibc	0, 2.21-0ubuntu4, 2.21-0ubuntu5

Timeline

Jun 10, 2016 CVE Published
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3706 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-3 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3706 third-party-advisory

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