VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-1914
Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) hostname or (2) IP address that triggers…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 4.11%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 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 domain conversion results.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.11% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- gnu/glibc
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52817Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15330
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1cef1b19089528db11f221e938f60b9b048945d7
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:163
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/05/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58839
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813121
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947882
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52817Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15330
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1cef1b19089528db11f221e938f60b9b048945d7
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:163
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.