VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-4357
An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.23%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The eglibc package before 2.14 incorrectly handled the getaddrinfo() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.23% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- eglibc/eglibc · novell/suse linux enterprise server · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00020.htmlIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/28/18Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/24/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67992Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-2Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-3Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4357Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95103Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4357Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00020.htmlIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/28/18Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/24/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67992Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-2Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-3Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4357Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95103Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4357Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.