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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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.